ἀμοιβή
See also: αμοιβή
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀμείβω (ameíbō, “to exchange”) + -η (-ē, verbal noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.moi̯.bɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.myˈbe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.myˈβi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.myˈvi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.miˈvi/
Noun
ἀμοιβή • (amoibḗ) f (genitive ἀμοιβῆς); first declension
- requital, recompense
- change, exchange
Inflection
First declension of ἡ ἀμοιβή; τῆς ἀμοιβῆς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἀμοιβή hē amoibḗ | τὼ ἀμοιβᾱ́ tṑ amoibā́ | αἱ ἀμοιβαί hai amoibaí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἀμοιβῆς tês amoibês | τοῖν ἀμοιβαῖν toîn amoibaîn | τῶν ἀμοιβῶν tôn amoibôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἀμοιβῇ têi amoibêi | τοῖν ἀμοιβαῖν toîn amoibaîn | ταῖς ἀμοιβαῖς taîs amoibaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἀμοιβήν tḕn amoibḗn | τὼ ἀμοιβᾱ́ tṑ amoibā́ | τᾱ̀ς ἀμοιβᾱ́ς tā̀s amoibā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀμοιβή amoibḗ | ἀμοιβᾱ́ amoibā́ | ἀμοιβαί amoibaí | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: αμοιβή (amoiví)
- → New Latin: amoeba
- → English: amoeba
References
- “ἀμοιβή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀμοιβή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀμοιβή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀμοιβή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἀμοιβή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)