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ἀμφήκης

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀμφήκης ἀμφήκες

Structure: ἀμφηκη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: a)kh/

Sense

  1. two-edged
  2. that will cut both ways, ambiguous

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἀμφήκης ά̓μφηκες
Genitive ἀμφήκους ἀμφήκους
Dative ἀμφήκει ἀμφήκει
Accusative ἀμφήκη ά̓μφηκες
Vocative ἀμφῆκες ά̓μφηκες
DualN/A/V ἀμφήκει ἀμφήκει
G/D ἀμφήκοιν ἀμφήκοιν
PluralNominative ἀμφήκεις ἀμφήκη
Genitive ἀμφήκων ἀμφήκων
Dative ἀμφήκεσιν* ἀμφήκεσιν*
Accusative ἀμφήκεις ἀμφήκη
Vocative ἀμφήκεις ἀμφήκη
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἀμφήκης ἀμφήκους ἀμφηκέστερος ἀμφηκεστέρου ἀμφηκέστατος ἀμφηκεστάτου
Adverb ἀμφηκέως ἀμφηκέστερον ἀμφηκέστατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • κεῖνοσ γὰρ ἄκρασ νυκτόσ, ἡνίχ’ ἕσπεροι λαμπτῆρεσ οὐκέτ’ ᾖθον, ἄμφηκεσ λαβὼν ἐμαίετ’ ἔγχοσ ἐξόδουσ ἑρ́πειν κενάσ. (Sophocles, Ajax, episode 1:2)
  • Λατῴασ δ’ ἄμφηκεσ ἔχεισ γέρασ, ἔσ τε γέλωτα καὶ σπουδάν, καί που μέτρον ἐρωτογράφον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 421 1:4)
  • ἀλλ’ ἦ τοὶ τὸν ξεῖνον, ἐπεὶ τεὸν ἵκετο δῶμα, ἕσσω μιν χλαῖνάν τε χιτῶνά τε, εἵματα καλά, δώσω δὲ ξίφοσ ἄμφηκεσ καὶ ποσσὶ πέδιλα, πέμψω δ’ ὅππη μιν κραδίη θυμόσ τε κελεύει. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 16 11:6)
  • εἴ κέ μιν ἐντανύσῃ, δώῃ δέ οἱ εὖχοσ Ἀπόλλων, ἕσσω μιν χλαῖνάν τε χιτῶνά τε, εἵματα καλά, δώσω δ’ ὀξὺν ἄκοντα, κυνῶν ἀλκτῆρα καὶ ἀνδρῶν, καὶ ξίφοσ ἄμφηκεσ· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 21 41:13)
  • Τυδεί̈δῃ μὲν δῶκε μενεπτόλεμοσ Θρασυμήδησ φάσγανον ἄμφηκεσ· (Homer, Iliad, Book 10 30:2)

Synonyms

  1. two-edged

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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