ἀμφότερος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(Locr. [[ἀμφόταρος]] ''IG''9(1).334.39), α, ον, ([[ἄμφω]]) rare in sg.,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[either]], i.e. [[both of two]] (opp. [[ἑκάτερος]] [[each one]] of two), <b class="b3">ἀμφοτέρας κοινὸν αἴας</b> [[common]] to [[either]] [[land]], A.''Pers.''131; [[ποίημα]] ἢ [[πάθος]] ἢ ἀμφότερον = or partaking of [[both]], Pl.''Sph.''248d; τὸ ἀμφότερον ἑκατέρῳ οὐχ ἕπεται Id.''Hp.Ma.''302e.<br><span class="bld">2</span> Hom. has sg. only neut. [[ἀμφότερον]] as adverb, foll. by <b class="b3">τε . . καί; ἀ. βασιλεύς τ' ἀγαθὸς κρατερός τ' αἰχμητής</b> [[both together]], [[prince]] as well as [[warrior]], ib.3.179; <b class="b3">ἀ. γενεῇ τε καὶ οὕνεκα</b> . . Il.4.60; foll. by <b class="b3">τε . . δέ</b>... Pi.''P.''4.79: also neut. pl., ἀμφότερα μένειν πέμπειν τε A.''Eu.''480; φιλοχρήματος καὶ φιλότιμος, ἤτοι τὰ ἕτερα τούτων ἢ ἀ. Pl.''Phd.''68c; ἀ. [[ἄριστος]] καὶ στρατηγὸς καὶ [[ῥαψῳδός]] ''Ion''541b; by <b class="b3">τε . . καί</b>... Pi.''O.'' 1.104.<br><span class="bld">3</span> dual in Hom., as ἀ. Αἴαντε Il.12.265, al., less freq. in later writers, X.''An.''1.1.1, Pl.''Prm.''143c, Isoc.4.134, etc.; but pl. is much more freq., and is found with a dual Noun, χεῖρε πετάσσας ἀμφοτέρας Il.21.115.—Phrases: [[κατ' ἀμφότερα]] = [[on both sides]], Hdt.7.10.β, Pl.''Prm.''159a; [[ἐπ' ἀμφότερα]] = [[towards both sides]], [[both ways]], Hdt. 3.87, al., Th.1.83, al.; [[ἀμφότερα]], abs., [[on both sides]], ib.13, al.; [[ἀπ' ἀμφοτέρων]] = [[from both sides]] or [[on both sides]], Ξέρξεω ἀπ' ἀ. ἀδελφεός Hdt.7.97; παρ' ἀμφοτέρων D.S.16.7, al.; [[μετ' ἀμφοτέροισι]] = [[one with another]] ([[si vera lectio|s.v.l.]]), Theoc.12.12; <b class="b3">ἀμφοτέροις βλέπειν</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[ὄμμασι]]) Call.''Epigr.''32.6; [[ἀμφοτέραις]], Ep. -ῃσι (''[[sc.]]'' [[χερσί]]) Od.10.264; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἀμφοτέροις βεβακώς</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[ποσί]]) Theoc.14.66.<br><span class="bld">II</span> later, of more than two, [[all together]], Act.Ap.19.16, ''PLond.''2.336.13 (ii A.D.).