ἀμφήκης: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ες, ([[ἀκή]] A) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[two-edged]], [[φάσγανον]], [[ξίφος]], <span class="bibl">Il.10.256</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.16.80</span>, <span class="bibl">B.10.87</span>, etc.; [[κέντρον]], [[δόρυ]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>692</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ag.</span>1149</span>; [[ἔγχος]], [[γένυς]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>286</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">El.</span>485</span>; of [[lightning]], [[forked]], [[πυρὸς ἀμφήκης βόστρυχος]] <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Pr.</span>1044</span>; [[κεραυνός]] Cleanth.<span class="bibl">1.10</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., <b class="b3">ἀμφήκης γλῶττα</b> [[tongue]] that will [[cut]] [[both]] [[way]]s, i.e. maintain either right or wrong, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span> 1160</span> (parod.); of an oracle, [[ambiguous]], ἀμφήκης καὶ [[διπρόσωπος]] <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">JTr.</span> 43</span>.</span>