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|Definition=ον, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">put round, encompassing</b>, σπάργανα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>1490</span>; ὄρη <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>2.133</span>: Subst. <b class="b3">-βολον, τό, klwstou= -bo/lois li/noio</b> <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>537</span>, cf. <span class="title">AP</span>6.296 (Leon.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[struck]] or <b class="b2">attacked on both</b> or <b class="b2">all sides</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>298</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. εἶναι</b> to be <b class="b2">between two fires</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.4.32</span>,<span class="bibl">36</span>; ἀ. γεγονέναι ὑπὸ τῶν πολεμίων <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cam.</span>34</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span>86.13</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> Act., <b class="b2">hitting at both ends, double-pointed</b>, κάμακες <span class="title">AP</span>6.131 (Leon.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">doubtful, ambiguous</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>437a</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.2.35</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">τἀγαθὰ ἐς ἀμφίβολον ἀσφαλῶς ἔθεντο</b> prudently accounted their good fortune as [[doubtful]], <span class="bibl">Th. 4.18</span>; <b class="b3">ἐς ἀ. θέσθαι</b> call <b class="b2">in question</b>, Plu.2.756c; τὰ ἅπαξ κεκριμένα ἀ. ποιῆσαι <span class="title">OGI</span>664 (Egypt, i A.D.); ἀ. νόμος <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1375b11</span>; τὸ ἀ. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Top.</span>160a29</span>; ἀμφίβολα λέγειν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Rh.</span>1407a37</span>; δηλώσεις ἀ. <span class="bibl">Epicur. <span class="title">Ep.</span>1p.27U.</span>; <b class="b3">συλλογισμοί, λέξεις</b>, <span class="bibl">Chrysipp.Stoic.2.67</span>,<span class="bibl">107</span>; <b class="b3">διάλεκτοι</b>, prob. [[contradictory]], ib.<span class="bibl">56</span>,<span class="bibl">58</span>; <b class="b3">οἰνάριον ἀ</b>. [[doubtful]] whether it is wine or vinegar, <span class="bibl">Polioch.2.8</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν ἀμφιβόλῳ εἶναι</b> to be [[doubtful]], Luc.<b class="b2">D Mort</b>. 1.1; κατὰ δύο ἀμφίβολα <span class="bibl">Olymp.<span class="title">in Mete.</span>22.27</span>. Adv., οὐκ ἀμφιβόλως <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>863</span>; ἀ. ἔχειν <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Rh.</span>10.5</span>; δέξασθαι <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Tact.</span>31.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> of persons, <b class="b2">in doubt, wavering, uncertain</b>, Luc.<b class="b2">D Deor</b>.20.11, <span class="bibl">D.C.37.36</span>, etc.; also <b class="b3">ἀ. βίος</b>, of a turncoat, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Pseudol.</span>16</span>; <b class="b3">ἄνθρωπος</b>, of a eunuch, <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Eth.</span>26.3</span>.</span>