ἀμάνδαλος
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editAccording 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".
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.mán.da.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈman.da.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈman.da.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈman.da.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈman.da.los/
Adjective
editἀμᾰ́νδᾰλος • (amándalos) m or f (neuter ἀμᾰ́νδᾰλον); second declension
Declension
editNumber | 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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Further reading
edit- “ἀμάνδαλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀμάνδαλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- Lewy, Heinrich (1895) Die semitischen Fremdwörter im Griechischen (in German), Berlin: R. Gaertner’s Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 114