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ἀμφίβλημα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀμφίβλημα ἀμφίβληματος

Structure: ἀμφιβληματ (Stem)

Etym.: a)mfiba/llw

Sense

  1. something thrown round
  2. an enclosure
  3. a garment, cloak

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἀμφίβλημα ἀμφιβλήματε ἀμφιβλήματα
Genitive ἀμφιβλήματος ἀμφιβλημάτοιν ἀμφιβλημάτων
Dative ἀμφιβλήματι ἀμφιβλημάτοιν ἀμφιβλήμασιν*
Accusative ἀμφίβλημα ἀμφιβλήματε ἀμφιβλήματα
Vocative ἀμφίβλημα ἀμφιβλήματε ἀμφιβλήματα

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

  • πέπλουσ δὲ τοὺσ πρὶν λαμπρά τ’ ἀμφιβλήματα χλιδάσ τε πόντοσ ἡρ́πασ’· (Euripides, Helen, episode, dialogue 1:10)
  • ἐκφέρετε τεύχη πάνοπλά τ’ ἀμφιβλήματα, ὡσ εἰσ ἀγῶνα τὸν προκείμενον δορὸσ ὁρμώμεθ’ ἤδη ξὺν δίκῃ νικηφόρῳ. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode 2:8)
  • οἷσι μαλθακὴ μὲν εὐνὴ ἄστρωτοσ χαμαὶ, ἀμφίβλημα δὲ εὐτελὲσ, ἀμπεχόνη ἀραιὴ, τὸ δὲ τοῦδε κράνοσ ὁ κοινὸσ ἀὴρ, πλοῦτοσ δὲ ἐννοίησ θείησ περιουσίη τε καὶ χρῆσισ. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 154)

Synonyms

  1. an enclosure

  2. a garment

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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