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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

  • ἆρ’ ἐκείνου ὃν τῷ Λυδῷ ὁ Πύθιοσ ἔχρησεν, ὃσ ἀκριβῶσ ἀμφήκησ ἦν καὶ διπρόσωποσ, οἱοῖ́ εἰσι τῶν Ἑρμῶν ἔνιοι, διττοὶ καὶ ἀμφοτέρωθεν ὅμοιοι πρὸσ ὁπότερον ἂν αὐτῶν μέροσ ἐπιστραφῇσ; (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 43:3)
  • πρὸσ ταῦτ’ ἐπ’ ἐμοὶ ῥιπτέσθω μὲν πυρὸσ ἀμφήκησ βόστρυχοσ, αἰθὴρ δ’ ἐρεθιζέσθω βροντῇ σφακέλῳ τ’ ἀγρίων ἀνέμων· (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, episode, anapests3)

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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