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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ᾰ̓μφῐ́ (ămphĭ́, “on both sides”) + τρῡ́ων (trū́ōn, “harassing”), from τρῡ́ω (trū́ō, “to wear out, distress”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /am.pʰi.try̌ː.ɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /am.pʰiˈtry.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /am.ɸiˈtry.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /am.fiˈtry.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /am.fiˈtri.on/
Proper noun
Ἀμφῐτρῡ́ων • (Amphĭtrū́ōn) m (genitive Ἀμφῐτρῡ́ωνος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Ἀμφῐτρῡ́ων ho Amphĭtrū́ōn | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Ἀμφῐτρῡ́ωνος toû Amphĭtrū́ōnos | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Ἀμφῐτρῡ́ωνῐ tōî Amphĭtrū́ōnĭ | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Ἀμφῐτρῡ́ωνᾰ tòn Amphĭtrū́ōnă | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ἀμφῐτρῡ́ων Amphĭtrū́ōn | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Αμφιτρύων (Amfitrýon)
- Latin: Amphitrȳōn
References
- “Ἀμφιτρύων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Ἀμφιτρύων in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- “Ἀμφιτρύων”, 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, page 1,001