ἀμφισβήτησις

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

   A dispute, controversy, ἀ. γίγνεται, ἔστι περί τινος, Pl.Phlb.15a, R.533d; ἀ. Δελφῶν πρὸς Ἀμφισσεῖς ὑπὲρ τῶν ὅρων CIG1711 (Delph., i A.D.); ἀμφισβήτησιν ὑπολείπειν leave room for dispute, Antipho 5.16; ἀμφισβήτησιν ἔχει it admits of question, Arist.EN1100a18, etc.; ἀ. ἔσται, τίνας ἄρχειν δεῖ Pol.1283b3; ἀμφις βητήσεις [εἰσίν], c. acc. et inf., Rh.1417a8; ἐξ ὧν ἡ πόλις συνέστηκεν, ἐν τούτοις ποιεῖσθαι τὴν ἀ. make a claim, Pol.1283a15, etc.    2 as Att. law-term, claim to an inheritance, ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι Lys.17.5, cf Is. 6.4, D.48.26.