ἀμφιδέα

Ancient Greek

From ἀμφιδέω (amphidéō, “to bind around”) +‎ -ᾱ (-ā, action noun suffix), from ἀμφί (amphí, “on both sides”) +‎ δέω (déō, “to bind, to tie”).

ἀμφῐδέᾱ • (amphĭdéā) f (genitive ἀμφιδέᾱς); first declension

(mostly plural) Anything that binds or is bound around, bracelet or anklet.
1. Iron rings, by which folding-doors were secured in hinges.
2. (anatomy) τὰ ἀμφίδεᾱ: Rim of the os uteri.

First declension of ἡ ἀμφῐδέᾱ; τῆς ἀμφῐδέᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀμφῐδέᾱ hē amphĭdéā	τὼ ἀμφῐδέᾱ tṑ amphĭdéā	αἱ ἀμφῐδέαι hai amphĭdéai
Genitive	τῆς ἀμφῐδέᾱς tês amphĭdéās	τοῖν ἀμφῐδέαιν toîn amphĭdéain	τῶν ἀμφῐδεῶν tôn amphĭdeôn
Dative	τῇ ἀμφῐδέᾳ tēî amphĭdéāi	τοῖν ἀμφῐδέαιν toîn amphĭdéain	ταῖς ἀμφῐδέαις taîs amphĭdéais
Accusative	τὴν ἀμφῐδέᾱν tḕn amphĭdéān	τὼ ἀμφῐδέᾱ tṑ amphĭdéā	τᾱ̀ς ἀμφῐδέᾱς tā̀s amphĭdéās
Vocative	ἀμφῐδέᾱ amphĭdéā	ἀμφῐδέᾱ amphĭdéā	ἀμφῐδέαι amphĭdéai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“ἀμφιδέα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press