ἀμφίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ᾰ̓μφῐ́ (amphí)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi (“round about, around”), same source as Old High German umbi (“around”), Old Irish imb, Old English ymbe, Latin ambi-, Sanskrit अभितस् (abhítas, “on both sides”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /am.pʰís/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /amˈpʰis/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /amˈɸis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /amˈfis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /amˈfis/

Adverb

ᾰ̓μφῐ́ς • (amphís)

Preposition

ᾰ̓μφῐ́ς • (amphís) (governs the genitive)

around
apart from, far from

Usage notes

While ἀμφίς is technically simply an alternative spelling of ἀμφί, in practice the former generally functions as an adverb, and the latter as a preposition. Both are largely replaced by περί in later Greek.

References

“ἀμφίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἀμφίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“ἀμφίς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
ἀμφίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἀμφίς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
ἀμφίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
“ἀμφίς”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter

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