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ἀμφίθυρος?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: amphithyros

Principal Part: ἀμφίθυρος ἀμφίθυρα ἀμφίθυρον

Structure: ἀμφιθυρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: θύρα

Sense

  1. with double entrance
  2. a hall

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ἀμφίθυρος ἀμφίθύρα ἀμφίθυρον
Genitive ἀμφιθύρου ἀμφίθύρας ἀμφιθύρου
Dative ἀμφιθύρῳ ἀμφίθύρᾳ ἀμφιθύρῳ
Accusative ἀμφίθυρον ἀμφίθύραν ἀμφίθυρον
Vocative ἀμφίθυρε ἀμφίθύρα ἀμφίθυρον
DualN/A/V ἀμφιθύρω ἀμφίθύρα ἀμφιθύρω
G/D ἀμφιθύροιν ἀμφίθύραιν ἀμφιθύροιν
PluralNominative ἀμφίθυροι ἀμφίθυραι ἀμφίθυρα
Genitive ἀμφιθύρων ἀμφίθυρῶν ἀμφιθύρων
Dative ἀμφιθύροις ἀμφίθύραις ἀμφιθύροις
Accusative ἀμφιθύρους ἀμφίθύρας ἀμφίθυρα
Vocative ἀμφίθυροι ἀμφίθυραι ἀμφίθυρα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἀμφίθυρος ἀμφιθύρου ἀμφιθυρώτερος ἀμφιθυρωτέρου ἀμφιθυρώτατος ἀμφιθυρωτάτου
Adverb ἀμφιθύρως ἀμφιθυρώτερον ἀμφιθυρώτατα

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

  • καὶ μετὰ τὴν τελευτὴν ἐκείνου τὸν ἀμφίθυρον οἶκον, ὃν κεκλεισμένον αὐτὸς συνεῖχεν, ὥσπερ ὄντως ἐν αὐτῷ τιθασεύων καθειργμένον τὸν πόλεμον, ἐξ ἀμφοτέρων ἀναπετάσαντες αἵματος καὶ νεκρῶν τὴν Ἰταλίαν ἐνέπλησαν: (Plutarch, Comparison of Lycurgus and Numa, chapter 4 6:2)
  • αὐτὸς δὲ διαδρὰς ἐκ τῆς οἰκίας ἀμφιθύρου οὔσης, ἐν ᾗ ἐφυλάσσετο ὡς ἀπολούμενος, διῆγεν ἐν Μεγάροις. (Plutarch, Vitae decem oratorum, , section 1 9:1)
  • οἶκον μὲν ὁρᾷς τόνδ ἀμφίθυρον πετρίνης κοίτης. (Sophocles, Philoctetes, choral, anapests1)
  • ὠκυτέρα μαλακᾶς ἀπὸ δίφρακος ἔδραμε τήνα ἰθὺ δι ἀμφιθύρω καὶ δικλίδος, ᾇ πόδες ἆγον. (Theocritus, Idylls, 43)
  • ἐκείνου δὲ διαλεγομένου Θεόγνιδι ἔμπειρος γὰρ ὢν ἐτύγχανον τῆς οἰκίας, καὶ ᾔδη ὅτι ἀμφίθυρος εἰή ἐδόκει μοι ταύτῃ πειρᾶσθαι σωθῆναι, ἐνθυμουμένῳ ὅτι, ἐὰν μὲν λάθω, σωθήσομαι, ἐὰν δὲ ληφθῶ, ἡγούμην μέν, εἰ Θέογνις εἰή πεπεισμένος ὑπὸ τοῦ Δαμνίππου χρήματα λαβεῖν, οὐδὲν ἧττον ἀφεθήσεσθαι, εἰ δὲ μή, ὁμοίως ἀποθανεῖσθαι. (Lysias, Speeches, 17:2)

Synonyms

  1. with double entrance

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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