ἀμφίβιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[living a double life]], esp. [[amphibious]], [[νομή]], of frogs, <span class="bibl">Batr.59</span>; ἀ. στόμα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Epigr.</span>2</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ax.</span>368b</span>; θήρ <span class="bibl">Man.4.23</span>; of plants, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>1.4.3</span>; <b class="b3">ἀμφίβιον, τό,</b> = [[ἀλόη]], Ps.-Dsc.3.22:—said by Thphr. (<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>171.12</span>) to have been first used by Democr. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., of the soul, [[denizen of two worlds]], <span class="bibl">Plot.4.8.4</span>; of man, <span class="bibl">Hierocl.<span class="title">in CA</span>23p.468M.</span>; ὁ κατὰ τὴν ζωὴν κόσμος ἐστὶν οἷον ἀμφίβιον <span class="bibl">Dam.<span class="title">Pr.</span>81</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">85</span>; <b class="b3">φύσις ἀ</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">399</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">400</span>; of the moon, ἄστρον ἀ. πρὸς νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν <span class="bibl">Max.Tyr.40.4</span>; of Tiresias (who lived both as man and as woman), <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Astr.</span>11</span>.</span>