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ἐπαμφοτερίζω
ἐπαμφοτερίζω,

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to admit a double sense

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Headword:
ἐπαμφοτερίζω
Headword (normalized):
ἐπαμφοτερίζω
Headword (normalized/stripped):
επαμφοτεριζω
Intro Text:
ἐπαμφοτερίζω,
IDX:
38177
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n38022
Key:
e)pamfoteri/zw

Senses and Citations (From Data)

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Children (1)
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to be double: hence, play a double game, ‘run with the hare and hunt with the hounds’, Pherecr. 19, Th. 8.85; halt between two opinions, Pl. Phdr. 257b, Arr. Epict. 4.2.4; ἐ. τὴν γνώμην Ph. 2.170; τοῖς λογισμοῖς Plu. Mar. 40; τὸ -ίζον τῆς διανοίας Ph. 1.346.
Citations (3)
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Ph. 2.170
ἐ. τὴν γνώμην
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Plu. Mar. 40
τοῖς λογισμοῖς
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Ph. 1.346
τὸ -ίζον τῆς διανοίας
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Children (3)
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Children (2)
2
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to be ambiguous, susceptible of two interpretations, λόγους ἀμφιβόλους καὶ -ίζειν δυναμένους Isoc. 12.240, cf. Pl. R. 479b; λοξὰ καὶ -ίζοντα . . ἀποκρινόμενος Luc. DDeor. 18[16].1.
Citations (2)
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Isoc. 12.240
λόγους ἀμφιβόλους καὶ -ίζειν δυναμένους
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Luc. DDeor. 18[16].1
λοξὰ καὶ -ίζοντα . . ἀποκρινόμενος
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Children (1)
b
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partake of both kinds, Gal. 10.749.
3
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to be doubtful in quantity, Aristid.Quint. 1.20.
II
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lie half-way between, of intermediate species, e.g. seals and bats, Arist. PA 697b1, HA 589a21; of apes, ἐ. ἀνθρώπῳ καὶ τετράποσι share the properties of . ., ib. 502a16; ἐ. τὴν μορφήν to be intermediate in shape, Id. PA 689b32; ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐ. πᾶσι τοῖς γένεσι Id. GA 772b1; of amphibious animals, Thphr. Fr. 171.1.
Citations (1)
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Id. GA 772b1
ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐ. πᾶσι τοῖς γένεσι
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III
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suffice for both, Arist. GA 777a16.

Citations (From Models)

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{'quote': 'τοῖς λογισμοῖς', 'ref': 'Plu. Mar. 40', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg031.perseus-grc2:40'}
{'quote': 'τὸ -ίζον τῆς διανοίας', 'ref': 'Ph. 1.346', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.346'}
{'quote': 'λόγους ἀμφιβόλους καὶ -ίζειν δυναμένους', 'ref': 'Isoc. 12.240', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg021.perseus-grc2:240'}
{'quote': 'λοξὰ καὶ -ίζοντα . . ἀποκρινόμενος', 'ref': 'Luc. DDeor. 18[16].1', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg068.perseus-grc2:18.1'}
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Data

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