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

  • οὐ μίτραισι γυνή σε δέξατ’ οὐδ’ ἐπὶ στεφάνοισ, ξίφεσι δ’ ἀμφιτόμοισ λυγρὰν Αἰγίσθου λώβαν θεμένα δόλιον ἔσχεν ἀκοίταν. (Euripides, choral, antistrophe 23)

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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