ἀμφιλέγω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

ἀμφι- (amphi-) +‎ λέγω (légō, “say”).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ἀμφῐλέγω • (amphĭlégō)

  1. to dispute, to question
    • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 1.5.11:
      ἀμφιλεξάντων δέ τι ἐνταῦθα τῶν τε τοῦ Μένωνος στρατιωτῶν καὶ τῶν τοῦ Κλεάρχου ὁ Κλέαρχος κρίνας ἀδικεῖν τὸν τοῦ Μένωνος πληγὰς ἐνέβαλεν
      amphilexántōn dé ti entaûtha tôn te toû Ménōnos stratiōtôn kaì tôn toû Kleárkhou ho Kléarkhos krínas adikeîn tòn toû Ménōnos plēgàs enébalen
      • Translation by Carleton L. Brownson
        There one of Menon's soldiers and one of Clearchus' men had some dispute, and Clearchus, deciding that Menon's man was in the wrong, gave him a flogging.
  2. to doubt, to argue with two viewpoints
    • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Apology 12:
      βροντὰς δὲ ἀμφιλέξει τις ἢ μὴ φωνεῖν ἢ μὴ μέγιστον οἰωνιστήριον εἶναι;
      brontàs dè amphiléxei tis ḕ mḕ phōneîn ḕ mḕ mégiston oiōnistḗrion eînai?
      • Translation by William Heinemann
        Will any one dispute either that thunder utters its ‘voice,’ or that it is an omen of the greatest moment? [Socrates speaking of the 'voice of God']

Inflection

   Present: ἀμφῐλέγω, ἀμφῐλέγομαι
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
active indicative ἀμφῐλέγω ἀμφῐλέγεις ἀμφῐλέγει ἀμφῐλέγετον ἀμφῐλέγετον ἀμφῐλέγομεν ἀμφῐλέγετε ἀμφῐλέγουσῐ(ν)
subjunctive ἀμφῐλέγω ἀμφῐλέγῃς ἀμφῐλέγῃ ἀμφῐλέγητον ἀμφῐλέγητον ἀμφῐλέγωμεν ἀμφῐλέγητε ἀμφῐλέγωσῐ(ν)
optative ἀμφῐλέγοιμῐ ἀμφῐλέγοις ἀμφῐλέγοι ἀμφῐλέγοιτον ἀμφῐλεγοίτην ἀμφῐλέγοιμεν ἀμφῐλέγοιτε ἀμφῐλέγοιεν
imperative   ἀμφῐ́λεγε ἀμφῐλεγέτω ἀμφῐλέγετον ἀμφῐλεγέτων   ἀμφῐλέγετε ἀμφῐλεγόντων
middle/
passive 		indicative ἀμφῐλέγομαι ἀμφῐλέγῃ / ἀμφῐλέγει ἀμφῐλέγεται ἀμφῐλέγεσθον ἀμφῐλέγεσθον ἀμφῐλεγόμεθᾰ ἀμφῐλέγεσθε ἀμφῐλέγονται
subjunctive ἀμφῐλέγωμαι ἀμφῐλέγῃ ἀμφῐλέγηται ἀμφῐλέγησθον ἀμφῐλέγησθον ἀμφῐλεγώμεθᾰ ἀμφῐλέγησθε ἀμφῐλέγωνται
optative ἀμφῐλεγοίμην ἀμφῐλέγοιο ἀμφῐλέγοιτο ἀμφῐλέγοισθον ἀμφῐλεγοίσθην ἀμφῐλεγοίμεθᾰ ἀμφῐλέγοισθε ἀμφῐλέγοιντο
imperative   ἀμφῐλέγου ἀμφῐλεγέσθω ἀμφῐλέγεσθον ἀμφῐλεγέσθων   ἀμφῐλέγεσθε ἀμφῐλεγέσθων
active middle/passive
infinitive ἀμφῐλέγειν ἀμφῐλέγεσθαι
participle m ἀμφῐλέγων ἀμφῐλεγόμενος
f ἀμφῐλέγουσᾰ ἀμφῐλεγομένη
n ἀμφῐλέγον ἀμφῐλεγόμενον
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
   Imperfect: ἀμφέλεγον, ἀμφελεγόμην
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
active indicative ἀμφέλεγον ἀμφέλεγες ἀμφέλεγε(ν) ἀμφελέγετον ἀμφελεγέτην ἀμφελέγομεν ἀμφελέγετε ἀμφέλεγον
middle/
passive 		indicative ἀμφελεγόμην ἀμφελέγου ἀμφελέγετο ἀμφελέγεσθον ἀμφελεγέσθην ἀμφελεγόμεθᾰ ἀμφελέγεσθε ἀμφελέγοντο
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Synonyms

  • ἀμφιλογέω (amphilogéō) (uncontracted), ἀμφιλογῶ (contracted)

Derived terms

  • ἀμφίλεκτος (masc. fem.), ἀμφίλεκτον (amphílekton) (neu.) “of which one disputes”
  • ἀμφιλογία f (amphilogía, “the doubting”)
  • ἀμφίλογος (masc. fem.), ἀμφίλογον (amphílogon) (neu.) “of which one disputes”
  • (to dispute): (neuter plural): the disputed
    (Doric) “τὰ ἀμφιλλεγόμενα (tà amphillegómena)”
    (Koine) “τὰ ἀμφιλεγόμενα (tà amphilegómena)”

Descendants

  • Greek: αμφιλέγω (amfilégo)
  • Greek: ἀμφιλογίτης m (polytonic), αμφιλογίτης (amfilogítis, “mineral Muscovite”)
  • German: Amphilogit (“Muscovite”) (mineral)
  • Medieval Byzantine Greek: ἀνθιλογή f, ἀνθιλογία f (anthilogía)

Further reading

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