ἀμφίβολος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀμφιβάλλω (amphibállō, “to waver, to hesitate”) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /am.pʰí.bo.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /amˈpʰi.bo.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /amˈɸi.βo.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /amˈfi.vo.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /amˈfi.vo.los/
Adjective
ᾰ̓μφῐ́βολος • (amphíbolos) m, f (neuter ᾰ̓μφῐ́βολον); second declension
- (passive meaning) dubious, doubtful
- (active meaning) wavering, hesitant, uncertain
Declension
Second declension of ᾰ̓μφῐ́βολος; ᾰ̓μφῐ́βολον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ᾰ̓μφῐ́βολος amphíbolos | ᾰ̓μφῐ́βολον amphíbolon | ᾰ̓μφῐβόλω amphibólō | ᾰ̓μφῐβόλω amphibólō | ᾰ̓μφῐ́βολοι amphíboloi | ᾰ̓μφῐ́βολᾰ amphíbola | ||||||||
Genitive | ᾰ̓μφῐβόλου amphibólou | ᾰ̓μφῐβόλου amphibólou | ᾰ̓μφῐβόλοιν amphibóloin | ᾰ̓μφῐβόλοιν amphibóloin | ᾰ̓μφῐβόλων amphibólōn | ᾰ̓μφῐβόλων amphibólōn | ||||||||
Dative | ᾰ̓μφῐβόλῳ amphibólōi | ᾰ̓μφῐβόλῳ amphibólōi | ᾰ̓μφῐβόλοιν amphibóloin | ᾰ̓μφῐβόλοιν amphibóloin | ᾰ̓μφῐβόλοις amphibólois | ᾰ̓μφῐβόλοις amphibólois | ||||||||
Accusative | ᾰ̓μφῐ́βολον amphíbolon | ᾰ̓μφῐ́βολον amphíbolon | ᾰ̓μφῐβόλω amphibólō | ᾰ̓μφῐβόλω amphibólō | ᾰ̓μφῐβόλους amphibólous | ᾰ̓μφῐ́βολᾰ amphíbola | ||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓μφῐ́βολε amphíbole | ᾰ̓μφῐ́βολον amphíbolon | ᾰ̓μφῐβόλω amphibólō | ᾰ̓μφῐβόλω amphibólō | ᾰ̓μφῐ́βολοι amphíboloi | ᾰ̓μφῐ́βολᾰ amphíbola | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ᾰ̓μφῐβόλως amphibólōs | ᾰ̓μφῐβολώτερος amphibolṓteros | ᾰ̓μφῐβολώτᾰτος amphibolṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀμφιβολέω (amphiboléō)
Further reading
- ἀμφίβολος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀμφίβολος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀμφίβολος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀμφίβολος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)