ἀμφήκης

amphekes

two-edged

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 2
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Book 10 1
Chapter ?

10256
Book 21 1
Chapter ?

21118
Odyssey 2
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Book 16 1
Chapter ?

1680
Book 21 1
Chapter ?

21341

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀμφήκης, ες, (ἀκή A) A. two-edged, φάσγανον, ξίφος, Il. 10.256, Od. 16.80, B. 10.87, etc.; κέντρον, δόρυ, A. Pr. 692 (lyr.), Ag. 1149; ἔγχος, γένυς, S. Aj. 286, El. 485; of lightning, forked, πυρὸς ἀ. βόστρυχος A. Pr. 1044; κεραυνός Cleanth.1.10. II. metaph., ἀ. γλῶττα tongue that will cut both ways, i.e. maintain either right or wrong, Ar. Nu. 1160 (parod.); of an oracle, ambiguous, ἀ. καὶ διπρόσωπος Luc. JTr. 43.

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