ἀμφίβιος
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
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.
