Ἀμύντας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Doric form of ἀμύντης (amúntēs, “defender”), from ἀμύνω (amúnō).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.mýn.taːs/ → /aˈmyn.tas/ → /aˈmin.das/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.mýn.taːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈmyn.tas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈmyn.tas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈmyn.tas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈmin.das/

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Proper noun

Ἀμύντᾱς • (Amúntās) m (genitive Ἀμύντου); first declension

1. Amyntas

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ἀμύντᾱς; τοῦ Ἀμύντου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀμύντᾱς ho Amúntās
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀμύντου toû Amúntou
Dative	τῷ Ἀμύντᾳ tôi Amúntāi
Accusative	τὸν Ἀμύντᾱν tòn Amúntān
Vocative	Ἀμύντᾱ Amúntā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Αμύντας (Amýntas)
• → Latin: Amyntas

Further reading

• Ἀμύντας in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “Ἀμύντας”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,001