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ἀμφιθαλής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀμφιθαλής ἀμφιθαλές

Structure: ἀμφιθαλη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: qa/llw

Sense

  1. blooming on both sides
  2. all abounding, abounding in

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἀμφιθαλής ἀμφίθαλες
Genitive ἀμφιθαλούς ἀμφιθάλους
Dative ἀμφιθαλεί ἀμφιθάλει
Accusative ἀμφιθαλή ἀμφίθαλες
Vocative ἀμφιθαλές ἀμφίθαλες
DualN/A/V ἀμφιθαλεί ἀμφιθάλει
G/D ἀμφιθαλοίν ἀμφιθάλοιν
PluralNominative ἀμφιθαλείς ἀμφιθάλη
Genitive ἀμφιθαλών ἀμφιθάλων
Dative ἀμφιθαλέσιν* ἀμφιθάλεσιν*
Accusative ἀμφιθαλείς ἀμφιθάλη
Vocative ἀμφιθαλείς ἀμφιθάλη
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἀμφιθαλής ἀμφιθαλούς ἀμφιθαλέστερος ἀμφιθαλεστέρου ἀμφιθαλέστατος ἀμφιθαλεστάτου
Adverb ἀμφιθαλέως ἀμφιθαλέστερον ἀμφιθαλέστατα

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

  • ἐπεὶ δὲ καὶ διὰ γυναικῶν ἔδει τινὰ ἱερὰ συντελεῖσθαι καὶ διὰ παίδων ἀμφιθαλῶν ἕτερα, ἵνα καὶ ταῦτα γένηται κατὰ τὸ κράτιστον, τάσ τε γυναῖκασ ἔταξε τῶν ἱερέων τοῖσ ἑαυτῶν ἀνδράσι συνιερᾶσθαι, καὶ εἴ τι μὴ θέμισ ἦν ὑπ’ ἀνδρῶν ὀργιάζεσθαι κατὰ νόμον τὸν ἐπιχώριον, ταύτασ ἐπιτελεῖν καὶ παῖδασ αὐτῶν τὰ καθήκοντα λειτουργεῖν· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 2, chapter 22 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. blooming on both sides

  2. all abounding

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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