ἀμφίβολος
amphibolos
put round, encompassing
Appears 13 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀμφίβολος, ον, A. put round, encompassing, σπάργανα Ion 1490; ὄρη C. 2.133: Subst. -βολον, τό, κλωστοῦ -βόλοις λίνοιο Tr. 537, cf. AP 6.296 (). II. struck or attacked on both or all sides, Th. 298; ἀ. εἶναι to be between two fires, 4.32,36; ἀ. γεγονέναι ὑπὸ τῶν πολεμίων Cam. 34, cf. Bel. 86.13. 2. Act., hitting at both ends, double-pointed, κάμακες AP 6.131 (). III. doubtful, ambiguous, Cra. 437a, Mem. 1.2.35, etc.; τἀγαθὰ ἐς ἀμφίβολον ἀσφαλῶς ἔθεντο prudently accounted their good fortune as doubtful, 4.18; ἐς ἀ. θέσθαι call in question, 2.756c; τὰ ἅπαξ κεκριμένα ἀ. ποιῆσαι OGI 664 (Egypt, i A.D.); ἀ. νόμος Rh. 1375b11; τὸ ἀ. Top. 160a29; ἀμφίβολα λέγειν Rh. 1407a37; δηλώσεις ἀ. Ep. 1p.27U.; συλλογισμοί, λέξεις, 2.67,107; διάλεκτοι, prob. contradictory, ib.56,58; οἰνάριον ἀ. doubtful whether it is wine or vinegar, 2.8; ἐν ἀμφιβόλῳ εἶναι to be doubtful, D Mort. 1.1; κατὰ δύο ἀμφίβολα in Mete. 22.27. Adv., οὐκ ἀμφιβόλως Th. 863; ἀ. ἔχειν Rh. 10.5; δέξασθαι Tact. 31.1. IV. of persons, in doubt, wavering, uncertain, D Deor. 20.11, 37.36, etc.; also ἀ. βίος, of a turncoat, Pseudol. 16; ἄνθρωπος, of a eunuch, Eth. 26.3.
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