ἀμφισβητέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=impf. [[ἠμφεσβήτουν]]: fut. <b class="b3">-ήσω</b>: aor. [[ἠμφεσβήτησα]]:—Pass., fut. of med. form <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> -ήσομαι <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Tht.</span>171b</span>: aor. ἠμφεσβητήθην <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Plt.</span>276b</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Is.8.44</span>:—Ion. ἀμφισβᾰτέω twice in Hdt. (v. infr.), <span class="title">SIG</span>279.18 (Zelea): impf. ἀμφεσβάτει <span class="title">Inscr.Prien.</span>37.99; also Aeol. pf. part. Pass. ἀμφισβατημένος <span class="title">IG</span>12(2).6.25 (Mytilene): (v. [[βαίνω]]):—lit. [[go asunder]], [[stand apart]]: hence, [[disagree with]], ὁ ἕτερος τῶν λόγων τῷ πρότερον λεχθέντι -βατέων <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.74</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> abs., [[disagree]], [[dispute]], [[wrangle]], <span class="bibl">Id.4.14</span>, etc.: περί τινος <span class="bibl">And.1.27</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.19</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>337a</span>; ὑπέρ τινος <span class="bibl">Antipho3.4.3</span>: πρός τινα <span class="bibl">3.1.1</span>; [[οἱ ἀμφισβητοῦντες]] = [[the parties]], in a [[lawsuit]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1354a31</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> c. dat. pers., [[dispute with]] or [[argue with]] a person, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>263a</span>,al.; τινὶ περί τινος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Plt.</span>268a</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> c. gen. rei, [[dispute for]] or [[about]] a thing, τοῦ σίτου τοῦ ἡμετέρου <span class="bibl">D.32.9</span>; [[lay claim to]], τῆς ἡγεμονίας <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.20</span>; <b class="b3">τῶν οὐδὲν ὑμῖν προσηκόντων</b> Epist. Phil. ap. <span class="bibl">D.12.23</span>; τῆς ἀρχῆς <span class="bibl">D.39.19</span>; τῆς πολιτείας <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1280a6</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1283a11</span>; <b class="b3">τρία τὰ ἀμφισβητοῦντα τῆς ἰσότητος</b> three things [[which claim]] equal shares in... <span class="bibl">1294a19</span>; τῆς μεσότητος ἀ. τὰ ἄκρα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EN</span>1125b18</span>:—also <b class="b3">ἀ. πρός τι</b> [[make a claim]] with reference to a standard, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pol.</span> 1283a24</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> Att. law-term, [[lay claim to]] property of deceased or guardianship of heiress, [[χρημάτων]] Jsoc.<span class="bibl">19.3</span>; κλήρου <span class="bibl">D.3.5</span>, <span class="bibl">44.38</span>; κληρονομίας <span class="bibl">Is.3.1</span>: abs., <span class="bibl">3.61</span>, <span class="bibl">6.3</span>; τινὶ περὶ τῶν πατρῴων <span class="bibl">3.61</span>; <b class="b3">πρὸς διαθήκην</b> in defiance of a will, <span class="bibl">Isoc.19.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> c. acc. rei, [[dispute]] point, [[be at issue upon]] it, ἓν τουτὶ ἀμφισβητοῦμεν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>472d</span>; οὐκ ἀληθῆ ἀ. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mx.</span>242d</span>; cf. [[ἀμφισβητητέον]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> c. acc. et inf., [[argue]], [[maintain that]]... ἀ. εἶναί τι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Grg.</span>452c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.27.62</span>, etc.; but <b class="b3">ἀ. ὅτι ἐστί τι</b> [[dispute]] the fact that... <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>215b</span>: with neg., [[argue]] or [[maintain]] that it is not, τὸ μὴ οὐχὶ ἡδέα εἶναι τὰ ἡδέα λόγος οὐδεὶς ἀ. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Phlb.</span>13a</span>; ἠμφεσβήτει μὴ ἀληθῆ λέγειν ἐμέ <span class="bibl">D.19.19</span>; ἀ. ὡς οὐκ ἀληθῆ λέγει τις <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>476d</span>,al.: <b class="b3">οὐδεὶς ἀ. περὶ τούτων, ὡς οὐ</b> . . <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1287b17</span>; σὺ δὲ ἀμφισβητῶν ἀνὴρ εἶναι <span class="bibl">Aeschin.2.148</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Pass., to [[be the subject of dispute]], to [[be in question]], ἀμφισβητεῖταί τι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>581e</span>, etc.: impers., ἀμφισβητεῖται περί τι <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sph.</span>225b</span>; περί τινος <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>457e</span>; ἠμφεσβητήθη μηδεμίαν εἶναι τέχνην <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Plt.</span>276b</span>; ὁ πολίτης ἀ. is a debatable [[term]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1275a2</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ ἀμφισβητούμενα</b>, = [[ἀμφισβητήματα]], <span class="bibl">Th. 6.10</span>, <span class="bibl">7.18</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.19</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>641e</span>, etc.</span>