ἀμφίφαλος

ἀμφίφαλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀμφι- (amphi-) +‎ φάλος (phálos, “ridge of a helmet”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /am.pʰí.pʰa.los/ → /amˈɸi.ɸa.los/ → /amˈfi.fa.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /am.pʰí.pʰa.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /amˈpʰi.pʰa.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /amˈɸi.ɸa.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /amˈfi.fa.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /amˈfi.fa.los/

Adjective

ἀμφῐ́φᾰλος • (amphíphalos) m or f (neuter ἀμφῐ́φᾰλον); second declension

1. double-ridged, double-crested (of a helmet)

Declension

Second declension of ἀμφῐ́φᾰλος; ἀμφῐ́φᾰλον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀμφῐ́φᾰλος amphíphalos	ἀμφῐ́φᾰλον amphíphalon		ἀμφῐφᾰ́λω amphiphálō	ἀμφῐφᾰ́λω amphiphálō		ἀμφῐ́φᾰλοι amphíphaloi	ἀμφῐ́φᾰλᾰ amphíphala
Genitive		ἀμφῐφᾰ́λου amphiphálou	ἀμφῐφᾰ́λου amphiphálou		ἀμφῐφᾰ́λοιν amphipháloin	ἀμφῐφᾰ́λοιν amphipháloin		ἀμφῐφᾰ́λων amphiphálōn	ἀμφῐφᾰ́λων amphiphálōn
Dative		ἀμφῐφᾰ́λῳ amphiphálōi	ἀμφῐφᾰ́λῳ amphiphálōi		ἀμφῐφᾰ́λοιν amphipháloin	ἀμφῐφᾰ́λοιν amphipháloin		ἀμφῐφᾰ́λοις amphiphálois	ἀμφῐφᾰ́λοις amphiphálois
Accusative		ἀμφῐ́φᾰλον amphíphalon	ἀμφῐ́φᾰλον amphíphalon		ἀμφῐφᾰ́λω amphiphálō	ἀμφῐφᾰ́λω amphiphálō		ἀμφῐφᾰ́λους amphiphálous	ἀμφῐ́φᾰλᾰ amphíphala
Vocative		ἀμφῐ́φᾰλε amphíphale	ἀμφῐ́φᾰλον amphíphalon		ἀμφῐφᾰ́λω amphiphálō	ἀμφῐφᾰ́λω amphiphálō		ἀμφῐ́φᾰλοι amphíphaloi	ἀμφῐ́φᾰλᾰ amphíphala
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀμφῐφᾰ́λως amphiphálōs			ἀμφῐφᾰλώτερος amphiphalṓteros			ἀμφῐφᾰλώτᾰτος amphiphalṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• ἀμφίφαλος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀμφίφαλος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀμφίφαλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀμφίφαλος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἀμφίφαλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)