Ἀμφίων
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ᾰ̓μφῐ́ (ămphĭ́, “on both side”) + -ων (-ōn).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /am.pʰǐː.ɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /amˈpʰi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /amˈɸi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /amˈfi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /amˈfi.on/
Proper noun
Ἀμφῑ́ων • (Amphī́ōn) m (genitive Ἀμφῑ́ονος); third declension
- Amphion
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Ἀμφῑ́ων ho Amphī́ōn | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Ἀμφῑ́ονος toû Amphī́onos | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Ἀμφῑ́ονῐ tōî Amphī́onĭ | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Ἀμφῑ́ονᾰ tòn Amphī́onă | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ἀμφῖον Amphîon | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Αμφίων (Amfíon); Αμφίονας (Amfíonas)
- Latin: Amphīōn
References
- “Ἀμφίων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Ἀμφίων in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,001