Ἀμφιτρύων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓μφῐ́ (amphí, “on both sides”) +‎ τρῡ́ων (trū́ōn, “harassing”), from τρῡ́ω (trū́ō, “to wear out, distress”).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἀμφῐτρῡ́ων • (Amphitrū́ōn) m (genitive Ἀμφῐτρῡ́ωνος); third declension

  1. (Greek mythology) Amphitryon

Inflection

Descendants

  • Greek: Αμφιτρύων (Amfitrýon)
  • Latin: Amphitrȳōn

References

  • “Ἀμφιτρύων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Ἀμφιτρύων in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
  • “Ἀμφιτρύων”, 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, page 1,001
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