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