ἀμφισβητέω
καλῶς γέ μου τὸν υἱὸν ὦ Στιλβωνίδη εὑρὼν ἀπιόντ' ἀπὸ γυμνασίου λελουμένον οὐκ ἔκυσας, οὐ προσεῖπας, οὐ προσηγάγου, οὐκ ὠρχιπέδισας, ὢν ἐμοὶ πατρικὸς φίλος → Ah! Is this well done, Stilbonides? You met my son coming from the bath after the gymnasium and you neither spoke to him, nor kissed him, nor took him with you, nor ever once felt his balls. Would anyone call you an old friend of mine?
English (LSJ)
impf. ἠμφεσβήτουν: fut. -ήσω: aor. ἠμφεσβήτησα:—Pass., fut. of med. form
A -ήσομαι Pl. Tht.171b: aor. ἠμφεσβητήθην Id.Plt.276b, al., Is.8.44:—Ion. ἀμφισβᾰτέω twice in Hdt. (v. infr.), SIG279.18 (Zelea): impf. ἀμφεσβάτει Inscr.Prien.37.99; also Aeol. pf. part. Pass. ἀμφισβατημένος IG12(2).6.25 (Mytilene): (v. βαίνω):—lit. go asunder, stand apart: hence, disagree with, ὁ ἕτερος τῶν λόγων τῷ πρότερον λεχθέντι -βατέων Hdt.9.74. b abs., disagree, dispute, wrangle, Id.4.14, etc.: περί τινος And.1.27, Isoc.4.19, Pl.Prt.337a; ὑπέρ τινος Antipho3.4.3: πρός τινα 3.1.1; οἱἀμφισβητοῦντες the parties, in a law-suit, Arist.Rh.1354a31. 2 c. dat. pers., dispute or argue with a person, Pl.Phdr.263a,al.; τινὶ περί τινος Id.Plt.268a. 3 c. gen. rei, dispute for or about a thing, τοῦ σίτου τοῦ ἡμετέρου D.32.9; lay claim to, τῆς ἡγεμονίας Isoc.4.20; τῶν οὐδὲν ὑμῖν προσηκόντων Epist. Phil. ap. D.12.23; τῆς ἀρχῆς D.39.19; τῆς πολιτείας Arist.Pol.1280a6, cf. 1283a11; τρία τὰ ἀμφισβητοῦντα τῆς ἰσότητος three things which claim equal shares in... 1294a19; τῆς μεσότητος ἀ. τὰ ἄκρα EN1125b18:—also ἀ. πρός τι make a claim with reference to a standard, Pol. 1283a24. b Att. law-term, lay claim to property of deceased or guardianship of heiress, χρημάτων Jsoc.19.3; κλήρου D.3.5, 44.38; κληρονομίας Is.3.1: abs., 3.61, 6.3; τινὶ περὶ τῶν πατρῴων 3.61; πρὸς διαθήκην in defiance of a will, Isoc.19.1. 4 c. acc. rei, dispute point, be at issue upon it, ἓν τουτὶ ἀμφισβητοῦμεν Pl.Grg.472d; οὐκ ἀληθῆ ἀ. Mx.242d; cf. ἀμφισβητητέον. 5 c. acc. et inf., argue, maintain that... ἀ. εἶναί τι Id.Grg.452c, cf. D.27.62, etc.; but ἀ. ὅτι ἐστί τι dispute the fact that... Pl.Smp.215b: with neg., argue or maintain that it is not, τὸ μὴ οὐχὶ ἡδέα εἶναι τὰ ἡδέα λόγος οὐδεὶς ἀ. Phlb.13a; ἠμφεσβήτει μὴ ἀληθῆ λέγειν ἐμέ D.19.19; ἀ. ὡς οὐκ ἀληθῆ λέγει τις Pl.R.476d,al.: οὐδεὶς ἀ. περὶ τούτων, ὡς οὐ . . Arist.Pol.1287b17; σὺ δὲ ἀμφισβητῶν ἀνὴρ εἶναι Aeschin.2.148. II Pass., to be the subject of dispute, to be in question, ἀμφισβητεῖταί τι Pl.R.581e, etc.: impers., ἀμφισβητεῖται περί τι Sph.225b; περί τινος R.457e; ἠμφεσβητήθη μηδεμίαν εἶναι τέχνην Plt.276b; ὁ πολίτης ἀ. is a debatable term, Arist.Pol.1275a2; τὰ ἀμφισβητούμενα, = ἀμφισβητήματα, Th. 6.10, 7.18, Isoc.4.19, Pl.Lg.641e, etc.
