ἀμφίας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The suffix -ιας is typical of names of wines. Furnée connects the gloss with ἀμφής (amphḗs, “wine blossom”) and ὄμφαξ (ómphax, “unripe grape”), suggesting a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /am.pʰí.aːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /amˈpʰi.as/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /amˈɸi.as/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /amˈfi.as/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /amˈfi.as/

Noun

ἀμφῐ́ᾱς • (amphĭ́ās) m (genitive ἀμφῐ́ου); first declension

name of a bad Sicilian wine

Declension

First declension of ὁ ἀμφῐ́ᾱς; τοῦ ἀμφῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀμφῐ́ᾱς ho amphĭ́ās	τὼ ἀμφῐ́ᾱ tṑ amphĭ́ā	οἱ ἀμφῐ́αι hoi amphĭ́ai
Genitive	τοῦ ἀμφῐ́ου toû amphĭ́ou	τοῖν ἀμφῐ́αιν toîn amphĭ́ain	τῶν ἀμφῐῶν tôn amphĭôn
Dative	τῷ ἀμφῐ́ᾳ tôi amphĭ́āi	τοῖν ἀμφῐ́αιν toîn amphĭ́ain	τοῖς ἀμφῐ́αις toîs amphĭ́ais
Accusative	τὸν ἀμφῐ́ᾱν tòn amphĭ́ān	τὼ ἀμφῐ́ᾱ tṑ amphĭ́ā	τοὺς ἀμφῐ́ᾱς toùs amphĭ́ās
Vocative	ἀμφῐ́ᾱ amphĭ́ā	ἀμφῐ́ᾱ amphĭ́ā	ἀμφῐ́αι amphĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

ἀμφίας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

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