ἀμφίβολος

English (LSJ)

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   A put round, encompassing, σπάργανα E.Ion1490; ὄρη Opp.C.2.133: Subst. -βολον, τό, klwstou= -bo/lois li/noio E.Tr.537, cf. AP6.296 (Leon.).    II struck or attacked on both or all sides, A.Th.298; ἀ. εἶναι to be between two fires, Th.4.32,36; ἀ. γεγονέναι ὑπὸ τῶν πολεμίων Plu.Cam.34, cf. Ph.Bel.86.13.    2 Act., hitting at both ends, double-pointed, κάμακες AP6.131 (Leon.).    III doubtful, ambiguous, Pl.Cra.437a, X.Mem.1.2.35, etc.; τἀγαθὰ ἐς ἀμφίβολον ἀσφαλῶς ἔθεντο prudently accounted their good fortune as doubtful, Th. 4.18; ἐς ἀ. θέσθαι call in question, Plu.2.756c; τὰ ἅπαξ κεκριμένα ἀ. ποιῆσαι OGI664 (Egypt, i A.D.); ἀ. νόμος Arist.Rh.1375b11; τὸ ἀ. Top.160a29; ἀμφίβολα λέγειν Rh.1407a37; δηλώσεις ἀ. Epicur. Ep.1p.27U.; συλλογισμοί, λέξεις, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.67,107; διάλεκτοι, prob. contradictory, ib.56,58; οἰνάριον ἀ. doubtful whether it is wine or vinegar, Polioch.2.8; ἐν ἀμφιβόλῳ εἶναι to be doubtful, Luc.D Mort. 1.1; κατὰ δύο ἀμφίβολα Olymp.in Mete.22.27. Adv., οὐκ ἀμφιβόλως A.Th.863; ἀ. ἔχειν D.H.Rh.10.5; δέξασθαι Arr.Tact.31.1.    IV of persons, in doubt, wavering, uncertain, Luc.D Deor.20.11, D.C.37.36, etc.; also ἀ. βίος, of a turncoat, Luc.Pseudol.16; ἄνθρωπος, of a eunuch, Lib.Eth.26.3.

German (Pape)

[Seite 137] (ἀμφιβάλλω), 1) umgeworfen, τὸ ἀμφ., das Gewand, Eur. λίνεα Troad. 537; vgl. Ion 1510 Herm.; Leon. Tar. 12 (VI, 296), das Netz. – 2) von allen Seiten geworfen, angegriffen, πολῖται Aesch. Spt. 280; Thuc. 4, 36; γίγνεσθαι 4, 32 (Arr. 3, 18, 8 πάντοθεν ἀμφίβολοι γενόμενοι, Plut. ὑπὸ τῶν πολεμίων Camill. 34); διπλάσιόν τε πόνον ἔχειν καὶ ἐν ἀμφιβόλῳ μᾶλλον γίγνεσθαι (Schol. ἑκατέρωθεν βάλλεσθαι), noch mehr in die Klemme gerathen, 2, 76. – 3) zweideutig, ungewiß, ὄνομα Plat. Crat. 437 a; vgl. Xen. Mem. 1, 2, 35; φήμη Plut. Oth.; ἐν ἀμφιβόλῳ Luc. Mort. D. 1, 1; τὸ ἀμφίβ. καὶ ἀβέβαιον τῆς τύχης Luc. Char. 18; καὶ περισφαλὴς τύχη Plut. fort. Rom. 4; οἰνάριον Polioch. com. Ath. II, 60 c; κρίσις Arabi. 4 (Plan. 148); vgl. Pallad. 104 (X, 65). Bei Leon. Tar. 24 (VI, 131) scheinen κάμακες ἀμφίβολοι von beiden Seiten treffende zu sein. – Adv. ἀμφιβόλως, zweideutig, Aesch. Spt. 845 Pers. 871.