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ἀμφίβιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀμφίβιος ἀμφίβιος ἀμφίβιον

Structure: ἀμφιβι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. Living a dual life on land and water: amphibious
  2. In general: living in two worlds or in two separate manners.

Examples

  • τὰ δὲ ἀμφίβια εἶναι ὡσ τὸν ποτάμιον ἵππον καὶ κροκόδειλον καὶ ἔνυδριν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 498)
  • ἀλλὰ καὶ πτηνὰ γεννᾷ καὶ νηκτὰ μυρία καὶ χερσαῖα, σαύρασ, καὶ ἀμφίβια, κροκοδείλουσ, καὶ δίποδα, τὸν ὄρνιν, καὶ ἄποδα, τὸν ὄφιν, καὶ πολύποδα, τὸν ἀττέλεβον· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 2, 14:3)
  • κήτη δ’ ἀμφίβια περὶ αὐτὴν γίνεσθαι, τὰ μὲν βουσὶ τὰ δ’ ἵπποισ τὰ δ’ ἄλλοισ χερσαίοισ ἐοικότα. (Strabo, Geography, book 15, chapter 1 30:6)
  • καὶ τὸν Νεῖλον δ’ εἶναι γόνιμον μᾶλλον ἑτέρων καὶ μεγαλοφυῆ γεννᾶν καὶ τἆλλα καὶ τὰ ἀμφίβια, τάσ τε γυναῖκασ ἔσθ’ ὅτε καὶ τετράδυμα τίκτειν τὰσ Αἰγυπτίασ· (Strabo, Geography, book 15, chapter 1 44:8)

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