ἀμφιδέξιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἀμφιδέξιον,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[ambidextrous]] (cf. [[ἀμφαρίστερος]]), Hp.''Aph.''7.43 (wrongly expl. by Glaucias ap.Erot., S.E.''M.''7.50), [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1134b34; = [[περιδέξιος]], Hippon.83. Adv. [[ἀμφιδεξίως]], παίζειν Polem.Hist. 45.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[ready to take with either hand]], i.e. [[taking either of two things]], [[indifferent]], Trag.Adesp.355 (= ''Com.Adesp.''360); so <b class="b3">ἀμφιδεξίως ἔχει</b> it is [[indifferent]], A.''Fr.''266.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[two-edged]], σίδηρος E.''Hipp.'' 780.<br><span class="bld">b</span> metaph., [[double-meaning]], [[ambiguous]], χρηστήριον [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 5.92.έ, cf. Luc.''JTr.''43.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[on either hand]], [[with both hands]], <b class="b3">ἀ. ἀκμαῖς</b> with [[both]] hands [[at once]], S.''OT''1243; ἐρείσατ'.. πλευρὸν ἀμφιδέξιον ἐμφύντε τῷ φύσαντι ''OC''1112.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[ἀμφιδέξια]], τά, [[bracelets]], [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]: sg. [[ἀμφίδεξιν]] (sic) ''IG''3.238a.