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ἀμφίαλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀμφίαλος ἀμφίαλη ἀμφίαλον

Structure: ἀμφιαλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a(/ls

Sense

  1. sea-girt
  2. between two seas, bimaris

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ἀμφίαλος ἀμφίάλη ἀμφίαλον
Genitive ἀμφιάλου ἀμφίάλης ἀμφιάλου
Dative ἀμφιάλῳ ἀμφίάλῃ ἀμφιάλῳ
Accusative ἀμφίαλον ἀμφίάλην ἀμφίαλον
Vocative ἀμφίαλε ἀμφίάλη ἀμφίαλον
DualN/A/V ἀμφιάλω ἀμφίάλᾱ ἀμφιάλω
G/D ἀμφιάλοιν ἀμφίάλαιν ἀμφιάλοιν
PluralNominative ἀμφίαλοι ἀμφί́αλαι ἀμφίαλα
Genitive ἀμφιάλων ἀμφίαλῶν ἀμφιάλων
Dative ἀμφιάλοις ἀμφίάλαις ἀμφιάλοις
Accusative ἀμφιάλους ἀμφίάλᾱς ἀμφίαλα
Vocative ἀμφίαλοι ἀμφί́αλαι ἀμφίαλα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἀμφίαλος ἀμφιάλου ἀμφιαλότερος ἀμφιαλοτέρου ἀμφιαλότατος ἀμφιαλοτάτου
Adverb ἀμφιάλως ἀμφιαλότερον ἀμφιαλότατα

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

  • τὸν μέν ῥα Διωνύσῳ κάμον αὐταὶ Δίῃ ἐν ἀμφιάλῳ Χάριτεσ θεαί· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 8:10)
  • μὴ σέ γ’ ἐν ἀμφιάλῳ Ἰθάκῃ βασιλῆα Κρονίων ποιήσειεν, ὅ τοι γενεῇ πατρώιόν ἐστιν. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 1 37:3)
  • ἀλλ’ ἦ τοι βασιλῆεσ Ἀχαιῶν εἰσὶ καὶ ἄλλοι πολλοὶ ἐν ἀμφιάλῳ Ἰθάκῃ, νέοι ἠδὲ παλαιοί, τῶν κέν τισ τόδ’ ἔχῃσιν, ἐπεὶ θάνε δῖοσ Ὀδυσσεύσ· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 1 38:7)
  • "Τηλέμαχ’, ἦ τοι ταῦτα θεῶν ἐν γούνασι κεῖται, ὅσ τισ ἐν ἀμφιάλῳ Ἰθάκῃ βασιλεύσει Ἀχαιῶν· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 1 39:2)
  • εἰσὶ δὲ νῆεσ πολλαὶ ἐν ἀμφιάλῳ Ἰθάκῃ, νέαι ἠδὲ παλαιαί· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 2 26:12)

Synonyms

  1. sea-girt

  2. between two seas

Related

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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