ἡμιαμφόριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἡμι- (hēmi-, “half”) +‎ ἀμφόριον (amphórion, “amphora, liquid measure”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hɛː.mi.am.pʰó.ri.on/ → /i.mi.amˈɸo.ri.on/ → /i.mi.amˈfo.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛː.mi.am.pʰó.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e̝.mi.amˈpʰo.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.mi.amˈɸo.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.mi.amˈfo.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.mi.amˈfo.ri.on/

Noun

ἡμῐᾰμφόρῐον • (hēmiamphórion) n (genitive ἡμῐᾰμφορῐ́ου); second declension

1. half-amphora, half-quadrantal

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ἡμῐᾰμφόρῐον; τοῦ ἡμῐᾰμφορῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἡμῐᾰμφόρῐον tò hēmiamphórion	τὼ ἡμῐᾰμφορῐ́ω tṑ hēmiamphoríō	τᾰ̀ ἡμῐᾰμφόρῐᾰ tà hēmiamphória
Genitive	τοῦ ἡμῐᾰμφορῐ́ου toû hēmiamphoríou	τοῖν ἡμῐᾰμφορῐ́οιν toîn hēmiamphoríoin	τῶν ἡμῐᾰμφορῐ́ων tôn hēmiamphoríōn
Dative	τῷ ἡμῐᾰμφορῐ́ῳ tôi hēmiamphoríōi	τοῖν ἡμῐᾰμφορῐ́οιν toîn hēmiamphoríoin	τοῖς ἡμῐᾰμφορῐ́οις toîs hēmiamphoríois
Accusative	τὸ ἡμῐᾰμφόρῐον tò hēmiamphórion	τὼ ἡμῐᾰμφορῐ́ω tṑ hēmiamphoríō	τᾰ̀ ἡμῐᾰμφόρῐᾰ tà hēmiamphória
Vocative	ἡμῐᾰμφόρῐον hēmiamphórion	ἡμῐᾰμφορῐ́ω hēmiamphoríō	ἡμῐᾰμφόρῐᾰ hēmiamphória
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἡμιαμφόριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἡμιαμφόριον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette