ἀμφίβιος
ἅτε γὰρ ἐννάλιον πόνον ἐχοίσας βαθύν σκευᾶς ἑτέρας, ἀβάπτιστος εἶμι φελλὸς ὣς ὑπὲρ ἕρκος ἅλμας → for just as when the rest of the tackle labors in the depths of the sea, like a cork I shall go undipped over the surface of the brine | as when the other part of the tackle is laboring deep in the sea, I go unsoaked like a cork above the surface of the sea
English (LSJ)
ον,
A living a double life, esp. amphibious, νομή, of frogs, Batr.59; ἀ. στόμα Pl.Epigr.2, cf. Ax.368b; θήρ Man.4.23; of plants, Thphr.HP1.4.3; ἀμφίβιον, τό, = ἀλόη, Ps.-Dsc.3.22:—said by Thphr. (Fr.171.12) to have been first used by Democr. 2 metaph., of the soul, denizen of two worlds, Plot.4.8.4; of man, Hierocl.in CA23p.468M.; ὁ κατὰ τὴν ζωὴν κόσμος ἐστὶν οἷον ἀμφίβιον Dam.Pr.81, cf. 85; φύσις ἀ. ib.399, cf. 400; of the moon, ἄστρον ἀ. πρὸς νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν Max.Tyr.40.4; of Tiresias (who lived both as man and as woman), Luc.Astr.11.
German (Pape)
[Seite 136] doppellebig, auf dem Lande und im Wasser lebend, νόμος, doppelte Lebensweise, Batr. 59; nach Theophr. frg. 12, 12 zuerst von Demokrit gebraucht; Plat. Ax. 368 b; στόμα, des Frosches, Plat. 8 (VI, 43); τό, Amphibie, Plut. Symp. 2, 3, 2.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀμφίβιος: -ον, ὁ διαβιῶν ἔν τε τῷ ὕδατι καὶ τῇ ξηρᾷ, «ὁ ἐν γῇ καὶ ὕδατι ζῆν δυνάμενος», Ἡσύχ. ἐπὶ βατράχων, Βατραχομ. 59· οὕτως, ἀμφ. στόμα Ἀνθ. Π. 6. 43, πρβλ. Πλάτ. Ἀξ. 368Β: ― Ὁ Θεόφραστος λέγει (Ἀποσπ. 12. 12) ὅτι τὴν λέξιν μετεχειρίσθη κατὰ πρῶτον ὁ Δημόκριτος.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ος, ον :
qui vit dans deux éléments (sur terre et dans l’eau), amphibie.
Étymologie: ἀμφί, βίος.
Spanish (DGE)
-ον
I que tiene dos géneros de vida una acuática y otra terrestre, anfibio de las ranas y otros animales ἀμφίβιον γὰρ ἔδωκε νομὴν βατράχοισι Batr.59, κορδύλος Arist.Fr.320, cf. Thphr.Fr.171.12, Ph.1.220, θήρ Man.4.23, cf. Plu.2.636e
•de ciertas aves, porque comen lo producido por la tierra y el agua, Varro RR 3.10.1, Colum.8.13.1
•del ser humano ἀμφίβιοι γὰρ τρόπον τινά ἐσμεν Str.1.1.16
•de ciertas plantas, Thphr.HP 1.4.3
•subst. τὸ ἀ. el áloe Ps.Dsc.3.22.
II fig.
1 que tiene dos vidas de la luna, una diurna y otra nocturna, Max.Tyr.40.4
•de Tiresias, hombre y mujer, Luc.Astr.11.
2 que participa de lo humano y de lo divino del alma, Plot.4.8.4, del hombre, Hierocl.in CA 23.2, φύσις Dam.Pr.399.
III adv. -ως a modo de anfibio Dion.Ar.M.3.696C.
