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            "lemma": "ἐπαμφοτερίζω",
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                    "dictionary": "Bailly",
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                    "description": "<b>ἐπ·αμφοτερίζω :<br\/>   I<\/b> tenir le milieu entre deux (genres <i>ou<\/i> espèces) <i>dat<\/i>. ARSTT. <i>H.A. 2, 8, 1, etc. ; p. ext<\/i>. entre plusieurs (genres <i>ou<\/i> espèces) <i>dat<\/i>. ARSTT. <i>G.A. 4, 4, 36, etc. ;<\/i><br\/><b>   II<\/b> pencher de côté et d’autre, <i>d’où :<\/i><br\/><b>      1<\/b> être incertain, être partagé entre deux avis <i>ou<\/i> deux partis, PLAT. <i>Phædr. 257<\/i> b ; PLUT. <i>Mar. 40 ; particul<\/i>. être <i>neutre<\/i> entre deux avis, THC. <i>8, 85 ;<\/i> PLUT. <i>Lys. 22 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      2<\/b> être ambigu, équivoque, PLAT. <i>Rsp. 479<\/i> b ; λοξὰ καὶ ἐπαμφοτερίζοντα, LUC. <i>J. conf. 14,<\/i> des choses obliques et ambiguës ; <i>t. de pros<\/i>. être indifféremment bref <i>ou<\/i> long, A. QUINT. <i>p. 44 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      3<\/b> suffire pour deux, ARSTT. <i>G.A. 4, 8, 16<\/i>."
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                    "description": "<b>to be double<\/b>; hence, <b>play a double game<\/b>, ΄run with the hare and hunt with the hounds΄, Pherecr. 19, Th. 8.85; <b>halt between two opinions<\/b>, Pl. <i>Phdr.<\/i> 257b, Arr. <i>Epict.<\/i> 4.2.4; ἐ. τὴν γνώμην Ph. 2.170; τοῖς λογισμοῖς Plu. <i>Mar.<\/i> 40; τὸ ἐπαμφοτερίζον τῆς διανοίας Ph. 1.346. of statements or arguments, <b>to be ambiguous, susceptible of two interpretations<\/b>, λόγους ἀμφιβόλους καὶ ἐπαμφοτερίζειν δυναμένους Isoc. 12.240, cf. Pl. <i>R.<\/i> 479b; λοξὰ καὶ ἐπαμφοτερίζοντα… ἀποκρινόμενος Luc. <i>DDeor.<\/i> 16.1. of fevers, <b>partake of both kinds<\/b>, Gal. 10.749. of vowels, <b>to be doubtful<\/b> in quantity, Aristid.Quint. 1.20.<br\/><b>lie half-way between<\/b>, of <b>intermediate<\/b> species, e.g. seals and bats, Arist. <i>PA<\/i> 697b1, <i>HA<\/i> 589a21; of apes, ἐ. ἀνθρώπῳ καὶ τετράποσι <b>share the properties of…<\/b>, <i>ib.<\/i> 502a16; ἐ. τὴν μορφήν <b>to be intermediate<\/b> in shape, Id. <i>PA<\/i> 689b32; ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐ. πᾶσι τοῖς γένεσι Id. <i>GA<\/i> 772b1; of amphibious animals, Thphr. <i>Fr.<\/i> 171.1. abs., <b>suffice for both<\/b>, Arist. <i>GA<\/i> 777a16."
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                    "dictionary": "Pape",
                    "reference": "Pape, Griechisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch (3. Aufl., 1914)",
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                    "description": "<i>sich auf beide Seiten hinneigen<\/i>,<br\/>   <b>a)<\/b> <i>in der Mitte stehen zwischen zwei Dingen<\/i>, Arist. öfter, auch <i>zwischen mehreren<\/i>, ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐπαμφοτερίζει πᾶσι τοῖς γένεσι <i>gen.an<\/i>. 4.4.<br\/>   <b>b)<\/b> <i>schwanken, zweifelhaft sein<\/i>, Plat. <i>Phaedr<\/i>. 257b, <i>Rep<\/i>. V.479c ; τοῖς λογισμοῖς Plut. <i>Mar<\/i>. 40 ; <i>es bald mit der einen, bald mit der andern Partei halten<\/i>, Thuc. 8.85 ; <i>neutral sein<\/i>, Plut. <i>Lys<\/i>. 22 ; μηδὲν μᾶλλον μετὰ τῶν ἐπαινούντων ἢ τῶν ψεγόντων ὄντας ἀλλ' ἐπαμφοτερίζειν δυναμένους Isocr. 12.240 ; – <i>zweideutig sein<\/i>, καὶ λοξά Luc. <i>D.D<\/i>. 16.1."
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