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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

  • λέγουσιν δὲ Τειρεσίην ἄνδρα Βοιώτιον, τοῦ δὴ κλέοσ μαντοσύνησ πέρι πολλὸν ἀείρεται, τοῦτον τὸν Τειρεσίην ἐν Ἕλλησιν εἰπεῖν ὅτι τῶν πλανεομένων ἀστέρων οἱ μὲν θήλεεσ οἱ δὲ ἄρρενεσ ἐόντεσ οὐκ ἴσα ἐκτελέουσιν τῷ καί μιν διφυέα γενέσθαι καὶ ἀμφίβιον Τειρεσίην μυθολογέουσιν, ἄλλοτε μὲν θῆλυν ἄλλοτε δὲ ἄρρενα. (Lucian, De astrologia, (no name) 11:1)
  • τοῦτον Ἀριστοτέλησ φησὶν ἀμφίβιον εἶναι καὶ τελευτᾶν ὑπὸ τοῦ ἡλίου αὐανθέντα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 743)

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