[Meaning something] sharpened on both sides.[1]
From the nominative
a)mfh/khs. "Such a son is being raised for me, shining with a double-edged tongue." [So says]
Aristophanes in
Clouds.[2]
Amphêkes: amphoterôthen êkonêmenon. apo tês amphêkês eutheias. hoios emoi trephetai pais amphêkei glôttêi lampôn. Aristophanês Nephelais.
[1] From the
scholia to
Homer,
Iliad 10.256, where the neuter singular headword occurs (of a sword); also in other lexica.
[2]
Aristophanes,
Clouds 1158-1160 (abridged), with scholion. See web address 1.
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