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ἀμφίβολος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀμφίβολος ἀμφίβολη ἀμφίβολον

Structure: ἀμφιβολ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)mfiba/llw

Sense

  1. put round, encompassing
  2. attacked on both or all sides, between two fires
  3. hitting at both ends, double-pointed
  4. doubtful, ambiguous, as doubtful, in doubt

Examples

  • εἶτα, ὦ Σόλων, ἐπὶ τῷ ἀδήλῳ καὶ ἀμφιβόλῳ τῆσ νίκησ τοσοῦτοι πονοῦσι, καὶ ταῦτ’ εἰδότεσ ὅτι ὁ μὲν νικῶν εἷσ ἔσται πάντωσ, οἱ δὲ ἡττώμενοι πάμπολλοι, μάτην ἄθλιοι πληγάσ, οἱ δὲ καὶ τραύματα λαβόντεσ; (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 13:6)
  • φράσισ δὲ ἀσαφὴσ γίνεται, ὅταν λίαν ἀπηρχαιωμένῃ χρῆταί τισ καὶ ἀμφιβόλῳ, ὥσπερ τὸ ὦ Ζεῦ γένοιτο καταβαλεῖν τὸν σῦν ἐμέ. (Aristides, Aelius, Ars Rhetorica, , 6:1)
  • οἱ πολέμιοι δ’ εἰσὶν ἐν ἀμφιβόλῳ· (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 4, chapter 16 9:7)

Synonyms

  1. put round

  2. doubtful

Related

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

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