Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀμφήριστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀμφήριστος

Structure: ἀμφηριστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)ri/zw

Sense

  1. contested on both sides

Examples

  • δύο δὲ μάλιστα ἦσαν οἱ ἀμφήριστοι αὐτῶν, Διοκλῆσ τε ὁ πρεσβύτησ ‐ οἶσθα ὃν λέγω, τὸν ἐριστικὸν ‐ καὶ Βαγώασ ὁ εὐνοῦχοσ εἶναι δοκῶν. (Lucian, Eunuchus, (no name) 4:3)
  • καὶ δὴ διὰ τὴν εὐκαιρίαν ταύτην ἀμφήριστοι γεγόνασιν αἱ πόλεισ αὗται. (Strabo, Geography, Book 8, chapter 4 16:6)

Synonyms

  1. contested on both sides

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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