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αμφι-
αμφι-
Greek
Alternative forms
- αμφί- (amfí-)
Prefix
αμφι- • (amfi-)
- added before a noun, adjective or verb to create words that indicates something on two sides or in two places; amphi-, ambi-, bi-:
- βίος (víos, “life”)
αμφίβιος (amfívios, “amphibian, amphibious”)
- δέξιος (déxios, “dextrous”)
αμφιδέξιος (amfidéxios, “ambidextrous”)
- θέατρο (théatro, “theatre”)
αμφιθέατρο (amfithéatro, “amphitheatre”)
- -φυλόφιλος (-fylófilos, “-sexual”)
αμφιφυλόφιλος (amfifylófilos, “bisexual”)
- λεγόμενος (legómenos, “spoken, so-called, would be”)
αμφιλεγόμενος (amfilegómenos, “controversial”)
- βίος (víos, “life”)
- added before a noun, adjective or verb to create words that indicates something between two opposing senses or between two places; amphi-, ambi-, bi-:
- θυμία (thymía, “willingness”)
αμφιθυμία (amfithymía, “ambivalence”)
- ταλάντευση (talántefsi, “fluctuation, oscillation”)
αμφιταλάντευση (amfitalántefsi, “vacillation, dithering”)
- θυμία (thymía, “willingness”)
Derived terms
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