meaning
From LSJ
ἐπάμεροι· τί δέ τις; τί δ' οὔ τις; σκιᾶς ὄναρ ἄνθρωπος → Neverlasting: What is a somebody? What is a nobody? You are a dream of a shadow | Creatures of a day. What is a someone, what is a no one? Man is the dream of a shade.
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
P. and V. δύναμις, ἡ (Soph., O.R. 938), P. διάνοια, ἡ, βούλησις, ἡ. Have a double meaning, v.: P. ἐπαμφοτερίζειν. Hidden meaning: P. ὑπόνοια, ἡ. Till you learn the meaning of joy and sorrow: V. ἕως τὸ χαίρειν καὶ τὸ λυπεῖσθαι μάθῃς (Soph., Aj. 555). What was the meaning of this? P. τί τοῦτʼ ἠδύνατο (Dem. 233). We know that this is the meaning of your bringing us before a committee: P. γιγνώσκομεν ὅτι τοῦτο φρονεῖ ὑμῶν ἡ εἰς τοὺς ὀλίγους ἀγωγή (Thuc. 5, 85).
