ἀμφίσβαινα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓μφῐ́ς (ămphĭ́s, “on both sides”) +‎ βαίνω (baínō, “I go”) +‎ -ᾰ (-ă).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ᾰ̓μφῐ́σβαινᾰ • (ămphĭ́sbaină) f (genitive ᾰ̓μφῐσβαίνης); first declension

  1. a kind of serpent which can go backwards or forwards
  2. veins which run between the breast and generative organs

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓μφῐ́σβαινᾰ; τῆς ᾰ̓μφῐσβαίνης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ᾰ̓μφῐ́σβαινᾰ
hē ămphĭ́sbaină 		τὼ ᾰ̓μφῐσβαίνᾱ
tṑ ămphĭsbaínā 		αἱ ᾰ̓μφῐ́σβαιναι
hai ămphĭ́sbainai
Genitive τῆς ᾰ̓μφῐσβαίνης
tês ămphĭsbaínēs 		τοῖν ᾰ̓μφῐσβαίναιν
toîn ămphĭsbaínain 		τῶν ᾰ̓μφῐσβαινῶν
tôn ămphĭsbainôn
Dative τῇ ᾰ̓μφῐσβαίνῃ
tēî ămphĭsbaínēi 		τοῖν ᾰ̓μφῐσβαίναιν
toîn ămphĭsbaínain 		ταῖς ᾰ̓μφῐσβαίναις
taîs ămphĭsbaínais
Accusative τὴν ᾰ̓μφῐ́σβαινᾰν
tḕn ămphĭ́sbainăn 		τὼ ᾰ̓μφῐσβαίνᾱ
tṑ ămphĭsbaínā 		τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓μφῐσβαίνᾱς
tā̀s ămphĭsbaínās
Vocative ᾰ̓μφῐ́σβαινᾰ
ămphĭ́sbaină 		ᾰ̓μφῐσβαίνᾱ
ămphĭsbaínā 		ᾰ̓μφῐ́σβαιναι
ămphĭ́sbainai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Latin: amphisbaena (see there for further descendants)

References

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