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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ᾰ̓μφῐ́ (amphí, “on both side”) + -ων (-ōn).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /am.pʰǐː.ɔːn/ → /amˈɸi.on/ → /amˈfi.on/
Proper noun
Ἀμφῑ́ων • (Amphī́ōn) m (genitive Ἀμφῑ́ονος); third declension
- Amphion
Inflection
Descendants
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 (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,001