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ἀμφιπλήξ

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Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses

Plato, Laws, 719c
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Full diacritics: ἀμφιπλήξ Medium diacritics: ἀμφιπλήξ Low diacritics: αμφιπλήξ Capitals: ΑΜΦΙΠΛΗΞ
Transliteration A: amphiplḗx Transliteration B: amphiplēx Transliteration C: amfipliks Beta Code: a)mfiplh/c

English (LSJ)

ῆγος, ὁ, ἡ,

   A striking with both sides, φάσγανον Id.Tr. 930: metaph., of a father's and mother's curse, ἀρά OT417.

German (Pape)

[Seite 142] ῆγος, mit beiden Seiten schlagend, zweischneidig, φάσγανον Soph. Tr. 926; vgl. σφῦραι Leon. Tac. 4 (VI, 205); übertr. ἀρά, der doppelt treffende, vernichtende, Soph. O. R. 417.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀμφιπλήξ: ῆγος, ὁ, ἡ, ὁ δι’ ἀμφοτέρων τῶν μερῶν πλήττων, δίστομος, φάσγανον Σοφ. Τρ. 930· ἀρὰ Ο.Τ. ΙΙ. = τῷ προηγ. 1. Παυλ. Σιλ. Ἄμβων 252.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ῆγος (ὁ, ἡ)
qui frappe des deux côtés.
Étymologie: ἀμφί, πλήσσω.