ἐπαμφοτερίζω
epamphoterizo
to be double
Appears 3 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐπαμφοτερίζω, A. to be double: hence, play a double game, ‘run with the hare and hunt with the hounds’, 19, 8.85; halt between two opinions, Phdr. 257b, Epict. 4.2.4; ἐ. τὴν γνώμην 2.170; τοῖς λογισμοῖς Mar. 40; τὸ -ίζον τῆς διανοίας 1.346. 2. of statements or arguments, to be ambiguous, susceptible of two interpretations, λόγους ἀμφιβόλους καὶ ίζειν δυναμένους 12.240, cf. R. 479b; λοξὰ καὶ -ίζοντα . . ἀποκρινόμενος DDeor. 16.1. b. of fevers, partake of both kinds, 10.749. 3. of vowels, to be doubtful in quantity, 1.20. II. lie half-way between, of intermediate species, e.g. seals and bats, PA 697b1, HA 589a21; of apes, ἐ. ἀνθρώπῳ καὶ τετράποσι share the properties of . ., ib.502a16; ἐ. τὴν μορφήν to be intermediate in shape, PA 689b32; ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐ. πᾶσι τοῖς γένεσι GA 772b1; of amphibious animals, Fr. 171.1. III. abs., suffice for both, GA 777a16.
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