ἀμφίβιος
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /am.pʰí.bi.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /amˈpʰi.bi.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /amˈɸi.βi.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /amˈfi.vi.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /amˈfi.vi.os/
Adjective
ᾰ̓μφῐ́βῐος • (amphíbios) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓μφῐ́βῐον); second declension
- Living a dual life on land and water: amphibious
- In general: living in two worlds or in two separate manners.
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ᾰ̓μφῐ́βῐος amphíbios |
ᾰ̓μφῐ́βῐον amphíbion |
ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́ω amphibíō |
ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́ω amphibíō |
ᾰ̓μφῐ́βῐοι amphíbioi |
ᾰ̓μφῐ́βῐᾰ amphíbia | ||||||||
| Genitive | ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́ου amphibíou |
ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́ου amphibíou |
ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́οιν amphibíoin |
ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́οιν amphibíoin |
ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́ων amphibíōn |
ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́ων amphibíōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́ῳ amphibíōi |
ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́ῳ amphibíōi |
ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́οιν amphibíoin |
ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́οιν amphibíoin |
ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́οις amphibíois |
ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́οις amphibíois | ||||||||
| Accusative | ᾰ̓μφῐ́βῐον amphíbion |
ᾰ̓μφῐ́βῐον amphíbion |
ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́ω amphibíō |
ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́ω amphibíō |
ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́ους amphibíous |
ᾰ̓μφῐ́βῐᾰ amphíbia | ||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓μφῐ́βῐε amphíbie |
ᾰ̓μφῐ́βῐον amphíbion |
ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́ω amphibíō |
ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́ω amphibíō |
ᾰ̓μφῐ́βῐοι amphíbioi |
ᾰ̓μφῐ́βῐᾰ amphíbia | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́ως amphibíōs |
ᾰ̓μφῐβῐώτερος amphibiṓteros |
ᾰ̓μφῐβῐώτᾰτος amphibiṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἀμφίβιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀμφίβιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀμφίβιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀμφίβιος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
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