Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀμφιτόμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀμφιτόμος

Structure: ἀμφιτομ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: te/mnw

Sense

  1. cutting with both sides, two-edged

Examples

  • ὤμοι μοι κοίταν τάνδ’ ἀνελεύθερον δολίῳ μόρῳ δαμεὶσ <δάμαρτοσ> ἐκ χερὸσ ἀμφιτόμῳ βελέμνῳ. (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, choral, ephymn. 2 1:4)
  • ὤμοι μοι κοίταν τάνδ’ ἀνελεύθερον δολίῳ μόρῳ δαμεὶσ ἐκ χερὸσ ἀμφιτόμῳ βελέμνῳ. (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, choral, ephymn 2 1:4)

Synonyms

  1. cutting with both sides

Related

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

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