ἀμφιδέα

Ancient Greek

From ἀμφιδέω (amphidéō, “to bind around”) +‎ -ᾱ (-ā, action noun suffix), from ἀμφί (amphí, “on both sides”) +‎ δέω (déō, “to bind, to tie”).

ἀμφῐδέᾱ • (amphidéā) f (genitive ἀμφιδέᾱς); first declension

(mostly plural) Anything that binds or is bound around, bracelet or anklet.
1. Iron rings, by which folding-doors were secured in hinges.
2. (anatomy) τὰ ἀμφίδεᾱ: Rim of the os uteri.

First declension of ἡ ἀμφῐδέᾱ; τῆς ἀμφῐδέᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀμφῐδέᾱ hē amphidéā	τὼ ἀμφῐδέᾱ tṑ amphidéā	αἱ ἀμφῐδέαι hai amphidéai
Genitive	τῆς ἀμφῐδέᾱς tês amphidéās	τοῖν ἀμφῐδέαιν toîn amphidéain	τῶν ἀμφῐδεῶν tôn amphideôn
Dative	τῇ ἀμφῐδέᾳ têi amphidéāi	τοῖν ἀμφῐδέαιν toîn amphidéain	ταῖς ἀμφῐδέαις taîs amphidéais
Accusative	τὴν ἀμφῐδέᾱν tḕn amphidéān	τὼ ἀμφῐδέᾱ tṑ amphidéā	τᾱ̀ς ἀμφῐδέᾱς tā̀s amphidéās
Vocative	ἀμφῐδέᾱ amphidéā	ἀμφῐδέᾱ amphidéā	ἀμφῐδέαι amphidéai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“ἀμφιδέα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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