ἀμφορεύς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀμφιφορεύς (amphiphoreús)

Etymology

From ἀμφιφορεύς (amphiphoreús, literally “two-handled”) by haplology, from ἀμφί (amphí, “on both sides”) + φορεύς (phoreús, “bearer”), from φέρω (phérō, “I bear”). The compound is earliest attested as Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀠𐀡𐀩𐀸 (a-pi-po-re-we) and Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀡𐀩𐀸 (a-po-re-we).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /am.pʰo.rěu̯s/ → /am.ɸoˈreɸs/ → /am.foˈrefs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /am.pʰo.rěu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /am.pʰoˈrews/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /am.ɸoˈreɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /am.foˈrefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /am.foˈrefs/

Noun

ᾰ̓μφορεύς • (amphoreús) m (genitive ᾰ̓μφορέως); third declension

1. jar with a narrow neck, amphora
2. a liquid measure, nearly equal to 9 gallons

Declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ᾰ̓μφορεύς ho amphoreús	τὼ ᾰ̓μφορῆ tṑ amphorê	οἱ ᾰ̓μφορῆς / ᾰ̓μφορεῖς hoi amphorês / amphoreîs
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓μφορέως toû amphoréōs	τοῖν ᾰ̓μφορέοιν toîn amphoréoin	τῶν ᾰ̓μφορέων tôn amphoréōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓μφορεῖ tôi amphoreî	τοῖν ᾰ̓μφορέοιν toîn amphoréoin	τοῖς ᾰ̓μφορεῦσῐ / ᾰ̓μφορεῦσῐν toîs amphoreûsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ᾰ̓μφορέᾱ tòn amphoréā	τὼ ᾰ̓μφορῆ tṑ amphorê	τοὺς ᾰ̓μφορέᾱς toùs amphoréās
Vocative	ᾰ̓μφορεῦ amphoreû	ᾰ̓μφορῆ amphorê	ᾰ̓μφορῆς / ᾰ̓μφορεῖς amphorês / amphoreîs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ὁ ᾰ̓μφορεύς; τοῦ ᾰ̓μφορέως (Attic)

Descendants

• → Latin: amphora (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “ἀμφορεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀμφορεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀμφορεύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• ἀμφορεύς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἀμφορεύς”, 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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • amphora idem, page 28.
  • barrel idem, page 63.
  • firkin idem, page 322.
  • jar idem, page 461.
  • pitcher idem, page 615.