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

  • καὶ τόνδε μὲν ὡσ οἰώνισμα φαῦλον ὁ στρατὸσ αὐτίκα συνέκοψε, δαιμόνια δ’ ἦν αὐτοῖσ ἄρα καὶ τάδε, Κάσσιον μὲν ἐν ἀμφηρίστῳ νίκῃ πάντα ἀλόγωσ ἀπογνῶναι, Βροῦτον δὲ εὐβούλου βραδυτῆτοσ ἐκβιασθῆναι καὶ ἐσ χεῖρασ ἐλθεῖν ἀνδράσι διωκομένοισ ὑπὸ λιμοῦ, δαψιλῶσ αὐτὸν ἔχοντα ἀγορᾶσ καὶ ναυκρατοῦντα, καὶ τόδε παθεῖν ὑπὸ τῶν οἰκείων μᾶλλον ἢ τῶν πολεμίων, καὶ μὴν πολλάκισ ἀγώνων μετασχόντεσ ἐν μὲν ταῖσ μάχαισ οὐδὲν ἔπαθον, ἄμφω δ’ αὑτῶν ἐγένοντο αὐθένται καθάπερ ἐγένοντο τοῦ Καίσαροσ. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 4, chapter 17 5:14)

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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