- ἀμφίβολος
- ἀμφίβολ-ος, ον,A put round, encompassing,
σπάργανα E.Ion1490
;ὄρη Opp.C.2.133
: Subst. -βολον, τό, klwstou= -bo/lois li/noio E.Tr.537, cf. AP6.296 (Leon.).II struck or attacked on both or all sides, A.Th.298; ἀ. εἶναι to be between two fires, Th.4.32,36;ἀ. γεγονέναι ὑπὸ τῶν πολεμίων Plu.Cam.34
, cf. Ph.Bel.86.13.2 [voice] Act., hitting at both ends, double-pointed,κάμακες AP6.131
(Leon.).III doubtful, ambiguous, Pl.Cra.437a, X.Mem.1.2.35, etc.; τἀγαθὰ ἐς ἀμφίβολον ἀσφαλῶς ἔθεντο prudently accounted their good fortune as doubtful, Th. 4.18; ἐς ἀ. θέσθαι call in question, Plu.2.756c;τὰ ἅπαξ κεκριμένα ἀ. ποιῆσαι OGI664
(Egypt, i A.D.);ἀ. νόμος Arist.Rh.1375b11
;τὸ ἀ. Top.160a29
;ἀμφίβολα λέγειν Rh.1407a37
;δηλώσεις ἀ. Epicur. Ep.1p.27U.
; συλλογισμοί, λέξεις, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.67,107; διάλεκτοι, prob. contradictory, ib.56,58; οἰνάριον ἀ. doubtful whether it is wine or vinegar, Polioch.2.8; ἐν ἀμφιβόλῳ εἶναι to be doubtful, Luc.D Mort. 1.1;κατὰ δύο ἀμφίβολα Olymp.in Mete.22.27
. Adv.,οὐκ ἀμφιβόλως A.Th.863
;ἀ. ἔχειν D.H.Rh.10.5
;δέξασθαι Arr.Tact.31.1
.IV of persons, in doubt, wavering, uncertain, Luc.D Deor.20.11, D.C.37.36, etc.; also ἀ. βίος, of a turncoat, Luc.Pseudol.16; ἄνθρωπος, of a eunuch, Lib.Eth.26.3.
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