ἀμφίσβαινα

Ancient Greek

From ᾰ̓μφῐ́ς (ămphĭ́s, “on both sides”) +‎ βαίνω (baínō, “I go”) +‎ -ᾰ (-ă).

ᾰ̓μφῐ́σβαινᾰ • (ămphĭ́sbaină) f (genitive ᾰ̓μφῐσβαίνης); first declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓μφῐ́σβαινᾰ hē ămphĭ́sbaină	τὼ ᾰ̓μφῐσβαίνᾱ tṑ ămphĭsbaínā	αἱ ᾰ̓μφῐ́σβαιναι hai ămphĭ́sbainai
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓μφῐσβαίνης tês ămphĭsbaínēs	τοῖν ᾰ̓μφῐσβαίναιν toîn ămphĭsbaínain	τῶν ᾰ̓μφῐσβαινῶν tôn ămphĭsbainôn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓μφῐσβαίνῃ têi ămphĭsbaínēi	τοῖν ᾰ̓μφῐσβαίναιν toîn ămphĭsbaínain	ταῖς ᾰ̓μφῐσβαίναις taîs ămphĭsbaínais
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓μφῐ́σβαινᾰν tḕn ămphĭ́sbainăn	τὼ ᾰ̓μφῐσβαίνᾱ tṑ ămphĭsbaínā	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓μφῐσβαίνᾱς tā̀s ămphĭsbaínās
Vocative	ᾰ̓μφῐ́σβαινᾰ ămphĭ́sbaină	ᾰ̓μφῐσβαίνᾱ ămphĭsbaínā	ᾰ̓μφῐ́σβαιναι ămphĭ́sbainai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“ἀμφίσβαινα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἀμφίσβαινα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἀμφίσβαινα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἀμφίσβαινα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
ἀμφίσβαινα in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften