ἀμφίπολος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *ampʰikʷolos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi-kʷol-ós; sychronically, ἀμφί (amphí, “about”) + πέλω (pélō, “to go”) + -ος (-os). Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀠𐀦𐀫 (a-pi-qo-ro) /ampʰíkʷolos/, Sanskrit अभिचर (abhicara, “servant”), अभिचार (abhicārá, “witchcraft”), Latin anculus (“servant”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /am.pʰí.po.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /amˈpʰi.po.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /amˈɸi.po.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /amˈfi.po.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /amˈfi.po.los/
Adjective
ἀμφίπολος • (amphípolos) m or f (neuter ἀμφίπολον); second declension (Epic, Attic, Ionic, Doric, Koine)
- being about, busied about, busy
- (substantive)
- (in feminine) handmaid, waiting-woman
- handmaid of the gods, priestess
- (in masculine) attendant, follower
- (in masculine) priest
- (in feminine) handmaid, waiting-woman
- (substantive)
- (passive) much frequented
Declension
Second declension of ἀμφῐ́πολος; ἀμφῐ́πολον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ἀμφῐ́πολος amphípolos | ἀμφῐ́πολον amphípolon | ἀμφῐπόλω amphipólō | ἀμφῐπόλω amphipólō | ἀμφῐ́πολοι amphípoloi | ἀμφῐ́πολᾰ amphípola | ||||||||
Genitive | ἀμφῐπόλου amphipólou | ἀμφῐπόλου amphipólou | ἀμφῐπόλοιν amphipóloin | ἀμφῐπόλοιν amphipóloin | ἀμφῐπόλων amphipólōn | ἀμφῐπόλων amphipólōn | ||||||||
Dative | ἀμφῐπόλῳ amphipólōi | ἀμφῐπόλῳ amphipólōi | ἀμφῐπόλοιν amphipóloin | ἀμφῐπόλοιν amphipóloin | ἀμφῐπόλοις amphipólois | ἀμφῐπόλοις amphipólois | ||||||||
Accusative | ἀμφῐ́πολον amphípolon | ἀμφῐ́πολον amphípolon | ἀμφῐπόλω amphipólō | ἀμφῐπόλω amphipólō | ἀμφῐπόλους amphipólous | ἀμφῐ́πολᾰ amphípola | ||||||||
Vocative | ἀμφῐ́πολε amphípole | ἀμφῐ́πολον amphípolon | ἀμφῐπόλω amphipólō | ἀμφῐπόλω amphipólō | ἀμφῐ́πολοι amphípoloi | ἀμφῐ́πολᾰ amphípola | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἀμφῐπόλως amphipólōs | ἀμφῐπολώτερος amphipolṓteros | ἀμφῐπολώτᾰτος amphipolṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Second declension of ἀμφῐ́πολος; ἀμφῐ́πολον (Epic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ἀμφῐ́πολος amphípolos | ἀμφῐ́πολον amphípolon | ἀμφῐπόλω amphipólō | ἀμφῐπόλω amphipólō | ἀμφῐ́πολοι amphípoloi | ἀμφῐ́πολᾰ amphípola | ||||||||
Genitive | ἀμφῐπόλου / ἀμφῐπολοῖο / ἀμφῐπόλοιο / ἀμφῐπολόο / ἀμφῐπόλοο amphipólou / amphipoloîo / amphipóloio / amphipolóo / amphipóloo | ἀμφῐπόλου / ἀμφῐπολοῖο / ἀμφῐπόλοιο / ἀμφῐπολόο / ἀμφῐπόλοο amphipólou / amphipoloîo / amphipóloio / amphipolóo / amphipóloo | ἀμφῐπόλοιῐν amphipóloiin | ἀμφῐπόλοιῐν amphipóloiin | ἀμφῐπόλων amphipólōn | ἀμφῐπόλων amphipólōn | ||||||||
Dative | ἀμφῐπόλῳ amphipólōi | ἀμφῐπόλῳ amphipólōi | ἀμφῐπόλοιῐν amphipóloiin | ἀμφῐπόλοιῐν amphipóloiin | ἀμφῐπόλοισῐ / ἀμφῐπόλοισῐν / ἀμφῐπόλοις amphipóloisi(n) / amphipólois | ἀμφῐπόλοισῐ / ἀμφῐπόλοισῐν / ἀμφῐπόλοις amphipóloisi(n) / amphipólois | ||||||||
Accusative | ἀμφῐ́πολον amphípolon | ἀμφῐ́πολον amphípolon | ἀμφῐπόλω amphipólō | ἀμφῐπόλω amphipólō | ἀμφῐπόλους amphipólous | ἀμφῐ́πολᾰ amphípola | ||||||||
Vocative | ἀμφῐ́πολε amphípole | ἀμφῐ́πολον amphípolon | ἀμφῐπόλω amphipólō | ἀμφῐπόλω amphipólō | ἀμφῐ́πολοι amphípoloi | ἀμφῐ́πολᾰ amphípola | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἀμφῐπόλως amphipólōs | ἀμφῐπολώτερος amphipolṓteros | ἀμφῐπολώτᾰτος amphipolṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἀμφίπολος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀμφίπολος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἀμφίπολος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀμφίπολος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀμφίπολος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἀμφίπολος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- “ἀμφίπολος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- attendant idem, page 51.
- servant idem, page 755.
- LSJ 7th edition