ἀμφίβληστρον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀμφιβάλλω (amphibállō, “to throw round”) + -τρον (-tron).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /am.pʰí.blɛːs.tron/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /amˈpʰi.ble̝s.tron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /amˈɸi.βlis.tron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /amˈfi.vlis.tron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /amˈfi.vlis.tron/
Noun
ἀμφῐ́βληστρον • (amphĭ́blēstron) n (genitive ἀμφῐβλήστρου); second declension
- cast net, net thrown round
- (figuratively) of the garment thrown like a net over Agamemnon; of the shirt of Nessus
- fetter, bond
- of encircling walls
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ἀμφῐ́βληστρον tò amphĭ́blēstron |
τὼ ἀμφῐβλήστρω tṑ amphĭblḗstrō |
τᾰ̀ ἀμφῐ́βληστρᾰ tằ amphĭ́blēstră | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἀμφῐβλήστρου toû amphĭblḗstrou |
τοῖν ἀμφῐβλήστροιν toîn amphĭblḗstroin |
τῶν ἀμφῐβλήστρων tôn amphĭblḗstrōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἀμφῐβλήστρῳ tōî amphĭblḗstrōi |
τοῖν ἀμφῐβλήστροιν toîn amphĭblḗstroin |
τοῖς ἀμφῐβλήστροις toîs amphĭblḗstrois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ἀμφῐ́βληστρον tò amphĭ́blēstron |
τὼ ἀμφῐβλήστρω tṑ amphĭblḗstrō |
τᾰ̀ ἀμφῐ́βληστρᾰ tằ amphĭ́blēstră | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀμφῐ́βληστρον amphĭ́blēstron |
ἀμφῐβλήστρω amphĭblḗstrō |
ἀμφῐ́βληστρᾰ amphĭ́blēstră | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀμφιβληστρευτική (amphiblēstreutikḗ)
- ἀμφιβληστρεύω (amphiblēstreúō)
- ἀμφιβληστρικός (amphiblēstrikós)
- ἀμφιβληστροειδής (amphiblēstroeidḗs)
Further reading
- “ἀμφίβληστρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀμφίβληστρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀμφίβληστρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀμφίβληστρον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)