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ἄμφωτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄμφωτος

Structure: ἀμφωτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ou)=s

Sense

  1. two-eared, two handled

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ά̓μφωτος ά̓μφωτον
Genitive ἀμφώτου ἀμφώτου
Dative ἀμφώτῳ ἀμφώτῳ
Accusative ά̓μφωτον ά̓μφωτον
Vocative ά̓μφωτε ά̓μφωτον
DualN/A/V ἀμφώτω ἀμφώτω
G/D ἀμφώτοιν ἀμφώτοιν
PluralNominative ά̓μφωτοι ά̓μφωτα
Genitive ἀμφώτων ἀμφώτων
Dative ἀμφώτοις ἀμφώτοις
Accusative ἀμφώτους ά̓μφωτα
Vocative ά̓μφωτοι ά̓μφωτα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ά̓μφωτος ἀμφώτου ἀμφωτότερος ἀμφωτοτέρου ἀμφωτότατος ἀμφωτοτάτου
Adverb ἀμφώτως ἀμφωτότερον ἀμφωτότατα

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

  • ὅτι δὲ δύο ὦτα εἶχε δῆλον ἦτοι ὃ καλὸν ἄλεισον ἀναιρήσεσθαι ἔμελλε χρύσεον ἄμφωτον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 2414)
  • Ἐπιγένησ μὲν οὖν ἀκούει τὸ ἄμφωτον ποτήριον, εἰσ ὃ οἱο͂́ν τε τοὺσ δακτύλουσ διείρειν ἑκατέρωθεν· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 343)
  • δακτυλωτὸν ἔκπωμα καὶ τὸ ἄμφωτον, εἰσ ὅ ἐστιν οἱο͂́ν τε τοὺσ δακτύλουσ ἑκατέρωθεν διείρειν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 34 2:3)
  • ἦ τοι ὁ καλὸν ἄλεισον ἀναιρήσεσθαι ἔμελλεν χρύσεον ἄμφωτον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 65 1:2)
  • ἦ τοι ὁ καλὸν ἄλεισον ἀναιρήσεσθαι ἔμελλε, χρύσεον ἄμφωτον, καὶ δὴ μετὰ χερσὶν ἐνώμα, ὄφρα πίοι οἴνοιο· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 22 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. two-eared

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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