ἀμφίον

English (LSJ)

ου, τό,

   A = ἀμφίεσμα, S.Fr.420 (anap.), D.H.4.76, Sch.Arat. 1073 (pl.): ἀμφία καὶ οἰκήσεις IG3.60. (From ἀμφί, as ἀντίος from ἀντί; ἄμφιον acc. to Sch.D.T.p.196 H.)

German (Pape)

[Seite 141] τό, Umwurf, Soph. frg. 370; D. Hal. 4, 76.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀμφίον: καὶ ἄμφιον, ου, τό, = ἀμφίεσμα, Σοφ. Ἀποσπ. 370, Διον. Ἁλ. 4. 76. Ἐν τῇ Ἐκκλ. γλώσσ. ἄμφια εἶναι τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς ἁγίας τραπέζης καλύμματα, ἅπερ καὶ ἐπάμφια λέγονται. Ἴδε Θησ. Στ. καὶ Δουκάγγ. ἐν λέξει. (Ἐκ τοῦ ἀμφὶ ὡς τὸ ἀντίος ἐκ τοῦ ἀντί).

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: n.
Meaning: garment (S.).
Other forms: Or ἄμφιον (Sch. D. T. 196)
Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]
Etymology: Shortened form of ἀμφίεσμα. Grégoire and Goossens Byzantion 13, 396ff.