δίψυχος
νεκρὸν ἐάν ποτ' ἴδηις καὶ μνήματα κωφὰ παράγηις κοινὸν ἔσοπτρον ὁρᾶις· ὁ θανὼν οὕτως προσεδόκα → whenever you see a body dead, or pass by silent tombs, you look into the mirror of all men's destiny: the dead man expected nothing else | if you ever see a corpse or walk by quiet graves, that's when you look into the mirror we all share: the dead expected this
English (LSJ)
ον,
A double-minded, Ph.2.663, Ep.Jac.1.8.
German (Pape)
[Seite 648] unentschlossen, zweifelhaft; N. T, K. S.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
δίψῡχος: -ον, = δίθυμος, δίγνωμος, δύο φρονήματα ἔχων, ἄστατος, Φίλων 2. 663, Ἐπ. Ἰακώβ. α΄, 8.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ος, ον :
partagé entre deux sentiments ou deux tendances, incertain, irrésolu.
Étymologie: δίς, ψυχή.
Spanish (DGE)
-ον
1 que duda, vacilante, indeciso, ἀνήρ Ep.Iac.1.8, cf. 4.8, πονηρός Cyr.Al.M.69.796A
•subst. οἱ δίψυχοι los que dudan Herm.Vis.3.4.3, Mand.5.2.1, 10.2.2, Origenes Hom.14.8 in Ier, c. giro prep. οἱ δίψυχοι ... περὶ τῆς τοῦ θεοῦ δυνάμεως 1Ep.Clem.11.2.
2 teol. que opina que tiene dos almas en cuestiones sobre la naturaleza de Cristo, Cyr.Al.Resp.5 (p.586).
English (Strong)
from δίς and ψυχή; two-spirited, i.e. vacillating (in opinion or purpose): double minded.
English (Thayer)
διψυχον (δίς and ψυχή), double-minded;
a. wavering, uncertain, doubting: οἱ δίψυχοι καί οἱ δισταζοντες περί τῆς τοῦ θοῦ δυνάμεως, Clement of Rome, 1 Corinthians 11,2 [ET]; ταλαίπωροι εἰσιν οἱ δίψυχοι, οἱ δισταζοντες τήν ψυχήν (others τῇ ψυχή), ibid. 23,3 [ET]; μή γίνου δίψυχος ἐν προσευχή σου, εἰ ἔσται ἤ οὐ, Apostolic Constitutions 7,11; μή γίνου δίψυχος ἐν προσευχή σου, μακάριος γάρ ὁ μή διστασας, Ignatius ad. Heron. 7; (cf. references in Muller's note on the Epistle of Barnabas, 19,5 [ET])).
b. divided in interest namely, between God and the world: Philo, fragment 2:663).
