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ἀμφιδαρκανές
ἀμφίδασυς
ἀμφίδαφος
ἀμφιδέα
ἀμφιβολδήιον
ἀμφιδεής
ἀμφιδεΐδιον
ἀμφιδείκελος
ἀμφιδεκάτη
ἀμφιδέμω
ἀμφιδέξιος
ἀμφιδεξιότης
ἀμφιδέραιον
ἀμφιδέρκομαι
ἀμφιδὲσφάγανον
ἀμφιδέτης
ἀμφίδετος
ἀμφιδέω
ἀμφίδηλος
ἀμφιδήμα
ἀμφιδηριάομαι
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ἀμφιδέξιος
ἀμφιδέξιος, ον,
A). ambidextrous (cf. ἀμφαρίστερος), Hp. Aph. 7.43 (wrongly expl. by Glaucias ap. Erot., S.E. M. 7.50 ), Arist. EN 1134b34 ; = περιδέξιος , Hippon. 83 . Adv. -ίως, παίζειν Polem.Hist. 45 .
2). ready to take with either hand, i.e. taking either of two things, indifferent, Trag.Adesp. 355 ( = Com.Adesp. 360 ); so ἀμφιδεξίως ἔχει it is indifferent, A. Fr. 266 .
3). two-edged, σίδηρος E. Hipp. 780 .
b). metaph., double-meaning, ambiguous, χρηστήριον Hdt. 5.92 .έ, cf. Luc. JTr. 43 .
4). on either hand, with both hands, ἀ. ἀκμαῖς with both hands at once, S. OT 1243 ; ἐρείσατ’. . πλευρὸν ἀμφιδέξιον ἐμφύντε τῷ φύσαντι OC 1112 .
5). ἀμφιδέξια, bracelets, Hsch.: sg. ἀμφίδεξιν (sic) IG 3.238a .


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with two right hands, very dextrous

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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἀμφιδέξιος</span>, <span class="itype greek">ον</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ambidextrous</span> (cf. <span class="foreign greek">ἀμφαρίστερος</span>), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg012.perseus-grc1:7:43" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg012.perseus-grc1:7.43/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aph.</span> 7.43 </a> (wrongly expl. by Glaucias ap.<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Erot.</span></span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0544.tlg002:7:50" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0544.tlg002:7.50/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">M.</span> 7.50 </a>), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1134b:34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1134b.34/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EN</span> 1134b34 </a>; = <span class="ref greek">περιδέξιος</span> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0233.tlg001:83" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0233.tlg001:83/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hippon.</span> 83 </a>. Adv. <span class="quote greek">-ίως, παίζειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0586.tlg001:45" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0586.tlg001:45/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Polem.Hist.</span> 45 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ready to take with either hand,</span> i.e. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">taking either of two things, indifferent,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1738.tlg001:355" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1738.tlg001:355/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Trag.Adesp.</span> 355 </a> ( = <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Com.Adesp.</span> 360 </span>); so <span class="foreign greek">ἀμφιδεξίως ἔχει</span> it is <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">indifferent,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:266" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:266/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 266 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">two-edged,</span> <span class="quote greek">σίδηρος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:780" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:780/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hipp.</span> 780 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">double-meaning, ambiguous,</span> <span class="quote greek">χρηστήριον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:92" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.92/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 5.92 </a> .<span class="itype greek">έ</span>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg018:43" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg018:43/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">JTr.</span> 43 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">on either hand, with both hands,</span> <span class="foreign greek">ἀ. ἀκμαῖς</span> with <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">both</span> hands <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">at once,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1243" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1243/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 1243 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐρείσατ’. . πλευρὸν ἀμφιδέξιον ἐμφύντε τῷ φύσαντι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1112" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1112/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 1112 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">ἀμφιδέξια, </span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">bracelets,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hsch.</span></span>: sg. <span class="foreign greek">ἀμφίδεξιν</span> (sic) <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 3.238a </span>.</div> </div><br><br>'}