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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

  • ἔστα δὲ τοῦτο, εἰ ὅσα ἂν ἀμφιβόλωσ δέξασθαι δυνατοὶ ὦσιν οἱ στρατιῶται, ταῦτα φυλασσόμεθα. (Arrian, chapter 31 2:1)
  • ἐν τούτοισ γὰρ ἀμφιβόλωσ εἰρηκὼσ ὁ Νικαίνετοσ πότερον στρωμνῆσ ἕνεκεν ἢ στεφανώσεωσ ἀρκεῖται τῇ λύγῳ, τῷ λέγειν αὐτὴν τῶν Καρῶν ἀρχαῖον στέφοσ πρόδηλον καθίστησι τὸ ζητούμενον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 14 1:2)
  • ἀμφιβόλωσ δ’ αὐτὸ εἴρηκεν ὁ Ἰδομενεύσ, εἴτε ἑταίρασ τέτταρασ συνυπέζευξεν ὡσ ἵππουσ εἴτ’ ἀνεβίβασεν αὐτὰσ ἐπὶ τό τέθριππον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 45 1:2)
  • ἀμφιβόλωσ δ’ εἴρηται τὸ παρὰ τῷ Ξενοφῶντι ἐν πρώτῳ Παιδείασ, φησὶ γὰρ ὁ φιλόσοφοσ ’ προσῆγεν αὐτῷ παροψίδασ καὶ παντοδαπὰ ἐμβάμματα καὶ βρώματα καὶ παρὰ τῷ τὸν Χείρωνα δὲ πεποιηκότι τὸν εἰσ Φερεκράτην ἀναφερόμενον ἐπὶ ἡδύσματοσ ἡ παροψὶσ κεῖται καὶ οὐχ, ὡσ Δίδυμοσ ἐν τῷ περὶ παρεφθορυίασ λέξεωσ, ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀγγείου. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 5 2:6)
  • Ἄλεξισ δ’ ἐν Πυραύνῳ ἀμφιβόλωσ εἴρηκεν ἐγὼ δ’ ἐπειδὰν ἀσχολουμένουσ λάβω, ἀνέκραγον οὐ δώσει τισ ἡμῖν ματτύην; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 84 2:4)

Synonyms

  1. put round

  2. doubtful

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

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