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ἀμφισβητέω

amphisbeteo

go asunder, stand apart

Appears 102 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ἀμφισβητέω, impf. ἠμφεσβήτουν: fut. -ήσω: aor. ἠμφεσβήτησα:—Pass., fut. of med. form -ήσομαι Pl. Tht. 171b: aor. ἠμφεσβητήθην Id. Plt. 276b, al., Is. 8.44:—Ion. ἀμφισβᾰτέω 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):—A. lit. go asunder, stand apart: hence, disagree with, ὁ ἕτερος τῶν λόγων τῷ πρότερον λεχθέντι -βατέων Hdt. 9.74. b. abs., disagree, dispute, wrangle, Id. 4.14, etc.: περί τινος And. 1.27, Isoc. 4.19, Pl. Prt. 337a; ὑπέρ τινος Antipho 3.4.3: πρός τινα 3.1.1; οἱ ἀμφισβητοῦντες the parties, in a law-suit, Arist. Rh. 1354a31. 2. c. dat. pers., dispute or argue with a person, Pl. Phdr. 263a,al.; τινὶ περί τινος Id. Plt. 268a. 3. c. gen. rei, dispute for or about a thing, τοῦ σίτου τοῦ ἡμετέρου D. 32.9; lay claim to, τῆς ἡγεμονίας Isoc. 4.20; τῶν οὐδὲν ὑμῖν προσηκόντων Epist. Phil. ap. D. 12.23; τῆς ἀρχῆς D. 39.19; τῆς πολιτείας Arist. Pol. 1280a6, cf. 1283a11; τρία τὰ ἀμφισβητοῦντα τῆς ἰσότητος three things which claim equal shares in . . , 1294a19; τῆς μεσότητος ἀ. τὰ ἄκρα EN 1125b18:—also ἀ. πρός τι make a claim with reference to a standard, Pol. 1283a24. b. Att. law-term, lay claim to property of deceased or guardianship of heiress, χρημάτων Isoc. 19.3; κλήρου D. 3.5, 44.38; κληρονομίας Is. 3.1: abs., 3.61, 6.3; τινὶ περὶ τῶν πατρῴων 3.61; πρὸς διαθήκην in defiance of a will, Isoc. 19.1. 4. c. acc. rei, dispute point, be at issue upon it, ἓν τουτὶ ἀμφισβητοῦμεν Pl. Grg. 472d; οὐκ ἀληθῆ ἀ. Mx. 242d; cf. ἀμφισβητητέον. 5. c. acc. et inf., argue, maintain that . . , ἀ. εἶναί τι Id. Grg. 452c, cf. D. 27.62, etc.; but ἀ. ὅτι ἐστί τι dispute the fact that . . , Pl. 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 Pl. R. 476d,al.: οὐδεὶς ἀ. περὶ τούτων, ὡς οὐ . . Arist. Pol. 1287b17; σὺ δὲ ἀμφισβητῶν ἀνὴρ εἶναι Aeschin. 2.148. II. Pass., to be the subject of dispute, to be in question, ἀμφισβητεῖταί τι Pl. R. 581e, etc.: impers., ἀμφισβητεῖται περί τι Sph. 225b; περί τινος R. 457e; ἠμφεσβητήθη μηδεμίαν εἶναι τέχνην Plt. 276b; ὁ πολίτης ἀ. is a debatable term, Arist. Pol. 1275a2; τὰ ἀμφισβητούμενα, = ἀμφισβητήματα, Th. 6.10, 7.18, Isoc. 4.19, Pl. Lg. 641e, etc.
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