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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

  • ἔπειτα κατὰ τὸ μηδὲν αὐτῇ μυθῶδεσ προσάψαι, μηδ’ εἰσ ἀπάτην καὶ γοητείαν τῶν πολλῶν ἐκτρέψαι τὴν γραφήν, ὡσ οἱ πρὸ αὐτοῦ πάντεσ ἐποίησαν, Λαμίασ τινὰσ ἱστοροῦντεσ ἐν ὕλαισ καὶ νάπαισ ἐκ γῆσ ἀνἱεμένασ, καὶ Ναΐδασ ἀμφιβίουσ ἐκ Ταρτάρων ἐξιούσασ καὶ διὰ πελάγουσ νηχομένασ καὶ μιξόθηρασ, καὶ ταύτασ εἰσ ὁμιλίαν ἀνθρώποισ συνερχομένασ, καὶ ἐκ θνητῶν καὶ θείων συνουσιῶν γονὰσ ἡμιθέουσ, καὶ ἄλλασ τινὰσ ἀπίστουσ τῷ καθ’ ἡμᾶσ βίῳ καὶ πολὺ τὸ ἀνόητον ἔχειν δοκούσασ ἱστορίασ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 6 1:2)

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