Ἀμφίλοχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀμφί (amphí, “on both sides”) +‎ λόχος (lókhos, “ambush”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /am.pʰí.lo.kʰos/ → /amˈɸi.lo.xos/ → /amˈfi.lo.xos/

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

Proper noun

Ἀμφῐ́λοχος • (Amphílokhos) m (genitive Ἀμφῐλόχου); second declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Amphilochus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ἀμφῐ́λοχος; τοῦ Ἀμφῐλόχου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀμφῐ́λοχος ho Amphílokhos
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀμφῐλόχου toû Amphilókhou
Dative	τῷ Ἀμφῐλόχῳ tôi Amphilókhōi
Accusative	τὸν Ἀμφῐ́λοχον tòn Amphílokhon
Vocative	Ἀμφῐ́λοχε Amphílokhe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

Ἀμφῐ́λοχος • (Amphílokhos) m (genitive Ἀμφῐλόχου); second declension

1. Any individual among the inhabitants of Amphilochia; an Amphilochian

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ἀμφῐ́λοχος; τοῦ Ἀμφῐλόχου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Ἀμφῐ́λοχος ho Amphílokhos	τὼ Ἀμφῐλόχω tṑ Amphilókhō	οἱ Ἀμφῐ́λοχοι hoi Amphílokhoi
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀμφῐλόχου toû Amphilókhou	τοῖν Ἀμφῐλόχοιν toîn Amphilókhoin	τῶν Ἀμφῐλόχων tôn Amphilókhōn
Dative	τῷ Ἀμφῐλόχῳ tôi Amphilókhōi	τοῖν Ἀμφῐλόχοιν toîn Amphilókhoin	τοῖς Ἀμφῐλόχοις toîs Amphilókhois
Accusative	τὸν Ἀμφῐ́λοχον tòn Amphílokhon	τὼ Ἀμφῐλόχω tṑ Amphilókhō	τοὺς Ἀμφῐλόχους toùs Amphilókhous
Vocative	Ἀμφῐ́λοχε Amphílokhe	Ἀμφῐλόχω Amphilókhō	Ἀμφῐ́λοχοι Amphílokhoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ἀμφῐλοχῐ́ᾱ (Amphilokhíā)
• Ἀμφῐλοχῐκός (Amphilokhikós)

Descendants

• Greek: Αμφίλοχος (Amfílochos)
• → Latin: Amphilochus
• → Translingual: Amphilochus

References

• “Ἀμφίλοχος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Ἀμφίλοχος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “Ἀμφίλοχος”, 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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,001