ἀμφορεύς

• ἀμφιφορεύς (amphiphoreús)

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]

ᾰ̓μφορεύς • (amphoreús) m (genitive ᾰ̓μφορέως); third declension

1. jar with a narrow neck, amphora
2. a liquid measure, nearly equal to 9 gallons

• → Latin: amphora (see there for further descendants)

• “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 (2006–2024)
• “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, 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 Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011