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ἀμφήρης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀμφήρης ἀμφήρες

Structure: ἀμφηρη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: v. -h/rhs

Sense

  1. fitted on both sides, well-fitted

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἀμφήρης ά̓μφηρες
Genitive ἀμφήρους ἀμφήρους
Dative ἀμφήρει ἀμφήρει
Accusative ἀμφήρη ά̓μφηρες
Vocative ἀμφῆρες ά̓μφηρες
DualN/A/V ἀμφήρει ἀμφήρει
G/D ἀμφήροιν ἀμφήροιν
PluralNominative ἀμφήρεις ἀμφήρη
Genitive ἀμφήρων ἀμφήρων
Dative ἀμφήρεσιν* ἀμφήρεσιν*
Accusative ἀμφήρεις ἀμφήρη
Vocative ἀμφήρεις ἀμφήρη
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἀμφήρης ἀμφήρους ἀμφηρέστερος ἀμφηρεστέρου ἀμφηρέστατος ἀμφηρεστάτου
Adverb ἀμφηρέως ἀμφηρέστερον ἀμφηρέστατα

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

  • ἐπειδὰν δ’ ἐσκομισθῶσιν πόλει, βωμὸν πέριξ νήσαντεσ ἀμφήρη ξύλα ἐμπίμπρατ’ αὐτῶν καὶ πυροῦτε σώματα πάντων, ἵν’ εἰδῶσ’ οὕνεκ’ οὐχ ὁ κατθανὼν κρατεῖ χθονὸσ τῆσδ’, ἀλλ’ ἐγὼ τὰ νῦν τάδε. (Euripides, Heracles, episode 2:14)
  • Σὺ μὲν νῦν, τέκνον, ἀμφήρεισ μένων σκηνὰσ ἀνίστη τεκτόνων μοχθήμασι. (Euripides, Ion, episode17)
  • τοῖν δὲ δευτέροιν γενομένοιν τὸν μὲν Ἀμφήρη, τὸν δὲ Εὐαίμονα ἐκάλεσεν· (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 56:2)

Synonyms

  1. fitted on both sides

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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