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ἀμφισβήτησις

amphisbetesis

dispute, controversy

Appears 24 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀμφισβήτησις, εως, ἡ, A. dispute, controversy, ἀ. γίγνεται, ἔστι περί τινος, Pl. Phlb. 15a, R. 533d; ἀ. Δελφῶν πρὸς Ἀμφισσεῖς ὑπὲρ τῶν ὅρων CIG 1711 (Delph., i A.D.); ἀμφισβήτησιν ὑπολείπειν leave room for dispute, Antipho 5.16; ἀμφισβήτησιν ἔχει it admits of question, Arist. EN 1100a18, etc.; ἀ. ἔσται, τίνας ἄρχειν δεῖ Pol. 1283b3; ἀμφις βητήσεις [εἰσίν], c. acc. et inf., Rh. 1417a8; ἐξ ὧν ἡ πόλις συνέστηκεν, ἐν τούτοις ποιεῖσθαι τὴν ἀ. make a claim, Pol.1283a15, etc. 2. as Att. law-term, claim to an inheritance, ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι Lys. 17.5, cf Is. 6.4, D. 48.26.
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