ἀμφιέλισσα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀμφι- (amphi-) + a derivative of ἑλίσσω (helíssō, “to turn round, to roll”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /am.pʰi.wé.lis.sa/ → /am.ɸiˈe.lis.sa/ → /am.fiˈe.li.sa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /am.pʰi.wé.lis.sa/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /am.pʰiˈe.lis.sa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /am.ɸiˈe.lis.sa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /am.fiˈe.lis.sa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /am.fiˈe.li.sa/

Adjective

ἀμφῐέλισσᾰ • (amphiélissa) (attested only in feminine)

1. (Epic) an epithet of ships, of uncertain meaning; suggestions include:
   1. wheeling either way, swaying to and fro, rolling
   2. curved at both ends
   3. rowed on both sides

Declension

First declension of ἀμφῐέλισσᾰ; ἀμφῐελίσσης (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἀμφῐέλισσᾰ amphiélissa	ἀμφῐελίσσᾱ amphielíssā	ἀμφῐέλισσαι amphiélissai
Genitive	ἀμφῐελίσσης amphielíssēs	ἀμφῐελίσσαιν / ἀμφῐελίσσαιῐν / ἀμφῐελίσσῃῐν amphielíssai(i)n / amphielíssēiin	ἀμφῐελισσᾱ́ων / ἀμφῐελισσέ͜ων / ἀμφῐελισσῶν amphielissā́ōn / amphielissé͜ōn / amphielissôn
Dative	ἀμφῐελίσσῃ amphielíssēi	ἀμφῐελίσσαιν / ἀμφῐελίσσαιῐν / ἀμφῐελίσσῃῐν amphielíssai(i)n / amphielíssēiin	ἀμφῐελίσσῃσῐ / ἀμφῐελίσσῃσῐν / ἀμφῐελίσσῃς / ἀμφῐελίσσαις amphielíssēisi(n) / amphielíssēis / amphielíssais
Accusative	ἀμφῐέλισσᾰν amphiélissan	ἀμφῐελίσσᾱ amphielíssā	ἀμφῐελίσσᾱς amphielíssās
Vocative	ἀμφῐέλισσᾰ amphiélissa	ἀμφῐελίσσᾱ amphielíssā	ἀμφῐέλισσαι amphiélissai
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “ἀμφιέλισσα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀμφιέλισσα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀμφιέλισσα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἀμφιέλισσα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press