ἀμφισβητέω: Difference between revisions

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