ἀμφίβολος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀμφιβάλλω (amphibállō, “to waver, to hesitate”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /am.pʰí.bo.los/ → /amˈɸi.βo.los/ → /amˈfi.vo.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /am.pʰí.bo.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /amˈpʰi.bo.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /amˈɸi.βo.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /amˈfi.vo.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /amˈfi.vo.los/

Adjective

ᾰ̓μφῐ́βολος • (amphíbolos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓μφῐ́βολον); second declension

1. (passive meaning) dubious, doubtful
2. (active meaning) wavering, hesitant, uncertain

Declension

Second declension of ᾰ̓μφῐ́βολος; ᾰ̓μφῐ́βολον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓μφῐ́βολος amphíbolos	ᾰ̓μφῐ́βολον amphíbolon		ᾰ̓μφῐβόλω amphibólō	ᾰ̓μφῐβόλω amphibólō		ᾰ̓μφῐ́βολοι amphíboloi	ᾰ̓μφῐ́βολᾰ amphíbola
Genitive		ᾰ̓μφῐβόλου amphibólou	ᾰ̓μφῐβόλου amphibólou		ᾰ̓μφῐβόλοιν amphibóloin	ᾰ̓μφῐβόλοιν amphibóloin		ᾰ̓μφῐβόλων amphibólōn	ᾰ̓μφῐβόλων amphibólōn
Dative		ᾰ̓μφῐβόλῳ amphibólōi	ᾰ̓μφῐβόλῳ amphibólōi		ᾰ̓μφῐβόλοιν amphibóloin	ᾰ̓μφῐβόλοιν amphibóloin		ᾰ̓μφῐβόλοις amphibólois	ᾰ̓μφῐβόλοις amphibólois
Accusative		ᾰ̓μφῐ́βολον amphíbolon	ᾰ̓μφῐ́βολον amphíbolon		ᾰ̓μφῐβόλω amphibólō	ᾰ̓μφῐβόλω amphibólō		ᾰ̓μφῐβόλους amphibólous	ᾰ̓μφῐ́βολᾰ amphíbola
Vocative		ᾰ̓μφῐ́βολε amphíbole	ᾰ̓μφῐ́βολον amphíbolon		ᾰ̓μφῐβόλω amphibólō	ᾰ̓μφῐβόλω amphibólō		ᾰ̓μφῐ́βολοι amphíboloi	ᾰ̓μφῐ́βολᾰ amphíbola
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓μφῐβόλως amphibólōs			ᾰ̓μφῐβολώτερος amphibolṓteros			ᾰ̓μφῐβολώτᾰτος amphibolṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀμφιβολέω (amphiboléō)
• ἀμφιβολίᾱ (amphibolíā)

Further reading

• “ἀμφίβολος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀμφίβολος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀμφίβολος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀμφίβολος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)