ἀμφίβολος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἀμφίβολον,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[put round]], [[encompassing]], σπάργανα [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Ion]]'' 1490; ὄρη Opp.''C.''2.133: Subst. [[ἀμφίβολον]], τό, κλωστοῦ = ἀμφιβόλοις λίνοιο E.''Tr.''537, cf. ''AP''6.296 (Leon.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[struck]] or [[attack]]ed on [[both]] or all [[side]]s, A.''Th.''298; ἀμφίβολος [[εἶναι]] to [[be between two fires]], Th.4.32,36; ἀ. γεγονέναι ὑπὸ τῶν πολεμίων Plu.''Cam.''34, cf. Ph.''Bel.''86.13.<br><span class="bld">2</span> Act., [[hitting at both ends]], [[double-pointed]], κάμακες ''AP''6.131 (Leon.).<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[doubtful]], [[ambiguous]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Cratylus|Cra.]]''437a, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''1.2.35, etc.; [[τἀγαθὰ ἐς ἀμφίβολον ἀσφαλῶς ἔθεντο]] = [[prudently]] [[account]]ed their [[good]] [[fortune]] as [[doubtful]], Th. 4.18; [[ἐς ἀμφίβολον θέσθαι]] = [[call in question]], Plu.2.756c; τὰ ἅπαξ κεκριμένα ἀ. ποιῆσαι ''OGI''664 (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 ἀμφίβολον]] = [[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.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> 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.