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).^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /am.pʰo.rěu̯s/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /am.pʰoˈreʍs/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /am.ɸoˈreɸs/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /am.foˈrefs/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /am.foˈrefs/

Noun

ᾰ̓μφορεύς • (ămphoreús) 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
Nominative	ὁ ᾰ̓μφορεύς ho ămphoreús	τὼ ᾰ̓μφορῆ tṑ ămphorê	οἱ ᾰ̓μφορῆς / ᾰ̓μφορεῖς hoi ămphorês / ămphoreîs
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓μφορέως toû ămphoréōs	τοῖν ᾰ̓μφορέοιν toîn ămphoréoin	τῶν ᾰ̓μφορέων tôn ămphoréōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓μφορεῖ tōî ămphoreî	τοῖν ᾰ̓μφορέοιν toîn ămphoréoin	τοῖς ᾰ̓μφορεῦσῐ / ᾰ̓μφορεῦσῐν toîs ămphoreûsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν ᾰ̓μφορέᾱ tòn ămphoréā	τὼ ᾰ̓μφορῆ tṑ ămphorê	τοὺς ᾰ̓μφορέᾱς toùs ămphoréās
Vocative	ᾰ̓μφορεῦ ămphoreû	ᾰ̓μφορῆ ămphorê	ᾰ̓μφορῆς / ᾰ̓μφορεῖς ămphorês / ămphoreîs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Latin: amphora (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀμφορεύς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 96

“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 (2006–2025)
“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^[1], 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.
ἀμφορεύς, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀμφορεύς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 96

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