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ἀμφιδέξιος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀμφιδέξιος ἀμφιδέξιη ἀμφιδέξιον

Structure: ἀμφιδεξι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. with two right hands, very dextrous
  2. two-edged
  3. double-meaning, ambiguous
  4. both, each

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ἀμφιδέξιος ἀμφιδέξίᾱ ἀμφιδέξιον
Genitive ἀμφιδεξίου ἀμφιδέξίᾱς ἀμφιδεξίου
Dative ἀμφιδεξίῳ ἀμφιδέξίᾱͅ ἀμφιδεξίῳ
Accusative ἀμφιδέξιον ἀμφιδέξίᾱν ἀμφιδέξιον
Vocative ἀμφιδέξιε ἀμφιδέξίᾱ ἀμφιδέξιον
DualN/A/V ἀμφιδεξίω ἀμφιδέξίᾱ ἀμφιδεξίω
G/D ἀμφιδεξίοιν ἀμφιδέξίαιν ἀμφιδεξίοιν
PluralNominative ἀμφιδέξιοι ἀμφιδέ́ξιαι ἀμφιδέξια
Genitive ἀμφιδεξίων ἀμφιδέξιῶν ἀμφιδεξίων
Dative ἀμφιδεξίοις ἀμφιδέξίαις ἀμφιδεξίοις
Accusative ἀμφιδεξίους ἀμφιδέξίᾱς ἀμφιδέξια
Vocative ἀμφιδέξιοι ἀμφιδέ́ξιαι ἀμφιδέξια
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἀμφιδέξιος ἀμφιδεξίου ἀμφιδεξιότερος ἀμφιδεξιοτέρου ἀμφιδεξιότατος ἀμφιδεξιοτάτου
Adverb ἀμφιδεξίως ἀμφιδεξιότερον ἀμφιδεξιότατα

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

  • ὅπωσ γὰρ ὀργῇ χρωμένη παρῆλθ’ ἔσω θυρῶνοσ, ἱέτ’ εὐθὺ πρὸσ τὰ νυμφικὰ λέχη, κόμην σπῶσ’ ἀμφιδεξίοισ ἀκμαῖσ. (Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, episode 1:5)

Synonyms

  1. two-edged

  2. double-meaning

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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