According to Herodian, it is a byform of unattested *ἀμάλδανος (*amáldanos), itself from ἀμαλδύνω (amaldúnō, “to soften, mitigate”). However, this is rather uncertain. Lewy proposes a derivation from ἀ- (a-) + μάνδαλος (mándalos, “bolt”), suggesting a meaning that shifted from "locked", "bolted" to "invisible", "unseen".
ἀμᾰ́νδᾰλος • (amándalos) m or f (neuter ἀμᾰ́νδᾰλον); second declension
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ἀμᾰ́νδᾰλος amándalos |
ἀμᾰ́νδᾰλον amándalon |
ἀμᾰνδᾰ́λω amandálō |
ἀμᾰνδᾰ́λω amandálō |
ἀμᾰ́νδᾰλοι amándaloi |
ἀμᾰ́νδᾰλᾰ amándala | ||||||||
Genitive | ἀμᾰνδᾰ́λου amandálou |
ἀμᾰνδᾰ́λου amandálou |
ἀμᾰνδᾰ́λοιν amandáloin |
ἀμᾰνδᾰ́λοιν amandáloin |
ἀμᾰνδᾰ́λων amandálōn |
ἀμᾰνδᾰ́λων amandálōn | ||||||||
Dative | ἀμᾰνδᾰ́λῳ amandálōi |
ἀμᾰνδᾰ́λῳ amandálōi |
ἀμᾰνδᾰ́λοιν amandáloin |
ἀμᾰνδᾰ́λοιν amandáloin |
ἀμᾰνδᾰ́λοις amandálois |
ἀμᾰνδᾰ́λοις amandálois | ||||||||
Accusative | ἀμᾰ́νδᾰλον amándalon |
ἀμᾰ́νδᾰλον amándalon |
ἀμᾰνδᾰ́λω amandálō |
ἀμᾰνδᾰ́λω amandálō |
ἀμᾰνδᾰ́λους amandálous |
ἀμᾰ́νδᾰλᾰ amándala | ||||||||
Vocative | ἀμᾰ́νδᾰλε amándale |
ἀμᾰ́νδᾰλον amándalon |
ἀμᾰνδᾰ́λω amandálō |
ἀμᾰνδᾰ́λω amandálō |
ἀμᾰ́νδᾰλοι amándaloi |
ἀμᾰ́νδᾰλᾰ amándala | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἀμᾰνδᾰ́λως amandálōs |
ἀμᾰνδᾰλώτερος amandalṓteros |
ἀμᾰνδᾰλώτᾰτος amandalṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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