ἀμφίσβαινα

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προγράψαντες οὖν τά τε θεωρήματα καὶ τὰ ἐπιτάγματα τὰ χρεῖαν ἔχοντα εἰς τὰς ἀποδείξιας αὐτῶν μετὰ ταῦτα γραψοῦμές τοι τὰ προκείμενα → having therefore written at the beginning the theorems and the postulates that are necessary for their proofs, we will then write out for you the propositions

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Transliteration A: amphísbaina Transliteration B: amphisbaina Transliteration C: amfisvaina Beta Code: a)mfi/sbaina

English (LSJ)

ης, ἡ, (βαίνω) kind of

   A serpent, supposed to go either forwards or backwards, A.Ag.1233, Ar.Fr.18 D.; ἀ. ἀμφίκρηνος, δίστομος, Nic.Th.372, Nonn.D.5.146.    II ἀ. φλέβες veins connecting the breast and generative organs, Pall.in Hp.2.103D.

German (Pape)

[Seite 143] ἡ, eine Art Schlangen, die vor- und rückwärts gehen kann (ἑκατέρωθεν βαίνων), Aesch. Ag. 1266; Nic. Th. 372; Nonn. D. 5, 146.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀμφίσβαινα: -ης, -ἡ, (βαίνω) εἶδος ὄφεως δυναμένου νὰ ἕρπῃ πρός τε τὰ ἐμπρὸς καὶ πρὸς τὰ ὀπίσω, Αἰσχύλ. Ἀγ. 1233, Νικ. Θ. 372. Ὁ δὲ Ἡσύχ. λέγει: «εἶδος ὄφεως μακροκέφαλον, ἰσόπηχυ, τὴν οὐρὰν κολοβὴν ἔχον καὶ ταύτῃ πολλάκις τὴν πορείαν ποιούμενον, ὥστε τινὰς ἀμφισβητεῖν μὴ δύο κεφαλὰς ἔχειν· λέγεται δὲ καὶ διὰ τοῦ μ ἀμφίσμαινα.»