ἀμφορεύς
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἀμφιφορεύς (amphiphoreús)
Etymology
From ἀμφιφορεύς (amphiphoreús, literally “two-handled”) by haplology, from ἀμφί (amphí, “on both sides”) + φορεύς (phoreús, “bearer”), from φέρω (phérō, “I bear”). The compound is earliest attested as Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀠𐀡𐀩𐀸 (a-pi-po-re-we) and Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀡𐀩𐀸 (a-po-re-we).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /am.pʰo.rěu̯s/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /am.pʰoˈrews/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /am.ɸoˈreɸs/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /am.foˈrefs/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /am.foˈrefs/
Noun
ᾰ̓μφορεύς • (amphoreús) m (genitive ᾰ̓μφορέως); third declension
- jar with a narrow neck, amphora
- a liquid measure, nearly equal to 9 gallons
Declension
Third declension of ὁ ᾰ̓μφορεύς; τοῦ ᾰ̓μφορέως (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ᾰ̓μφορεύς ho amphoreús | τὼ ᾰ̓μφορῆ tṑ amphorê | οἱ ᾰ̓μφορῆς / ᾰ̓μφορεῖς hoi amphorês / amphoreîs | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ᾰ̓μφορέως toû amphoréōs | τοῖν ᾰ̓μφορέοιν toîn amphoréoin | τῶν ᾰ̓μφορέων tôn amphoréōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ᾰ̓μφορεῖ tôi amphoreî | τοῖν ᾰ̓μφορέοιν toîn amphoréoin | τοῖς ᾰ̓μφορεῦσῐ / ᾰ̓μφορεῦσῐν toîs amphoreûsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ᾰ̓μφορέᾱ tòn amphoréā | τὼ ᾰ̓μφορῆ tṑ amphorê | τοὺς ᾰ̓μφορέᾱς toùs amphoréās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓μφορεῦ amphoreû | ᾰ̓μφορῆ amphorê | ᾰ̓μφορῆς / ᾰ̓μφορεῖς amphorês / amphoreîs | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: amphora (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
- “ἀμφορεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀμφορεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀμφορεύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- ἀμφορεύς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- “ἀμφορεύς”, 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.
- amphora idem, page 28.
- barrel idem, page 63.
- firkin idem, page 322.
- jar idem, page 461.
- pitcher idem, page 615.