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ἀμφίσβαινα

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀμφίσβαινα ἀμφισβαίνης

Structure: ἀμφισβαιν (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: bai/nw

Sense

  1. A kind of serpent which can go backwards or forwards
  2. Veins which run between the breast and generative organs

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τὴν γῆν, τὰ μὲν ὑποβρύχια, φωλεύοντα ἐν μυχῷ τῆσ ψάμμου, τὰ δὲ ἄνω ἐπιπολάζοντα, φύσαλοι καὶ ἀσπίδεσ καὶ ἔχιδναι καὶ κεράσται καὶ βουπρήστεισ καὶ ἀκοντίαι καὶ ἀμφίσβαιναι καὶ δράκοντεσ καὶ σκορπίων γένοσ διττόν, τὸ μὲν ἕτερον ἐπίγειόν τε καὶ πεζόν, ὑπέρμεγα καὶ πολυσφόνδυλον, θάτερον δὲ ἐναέριον καὶ πτηνόν, ὑμενόπτερον δὲ οἱᾶ ταῖσ ἀκρίσι καὶ τέττιξι καὶ νυκτερίσι τὰ πτερά. (Lucian, Dipsades 5:1)
  • ἀμφίσβαιναν, ἢ Σκύλλαν τινὰ οἰκοῦσαν ἐν πέτραισι, ναυτίλων βλάβην, θύουσαν Αἵδου μητέρ’ ἄσπονδόν τ’ Ἄρη φίλοισ πνέουσαν; (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, episode 1:23)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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