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Headword:
*)amfi/docon
Adler number: alpha,1720
Translated headword: dubious, debated
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] ambivalent.[1]
"They did not think they should submit to a dubious struggle, with those who could clearly win."[2]
Also [sc. attested is the phrase] a)mfidocou/mena bibli/a ["debated books"], that is, ones in dispute.[3]
Greek Original:*)amfi/docon: a)mfi/bolon. oi( de\ ou)k w)/|onto dei=n e)s a)mfi/docon a)gw=na sugkatabai/nein, duname/nois prodh/lws nika=n. kai\ *)amfidocou/mena bibli/a, toute/stin a)mfiballo/mena.
Notes:
For the headword adjective see generally LSJ at web address 1, and under
alpha 1719.
[1] Masculine accusative singular or neuter nominative/accusative singular of this adjective; the former if, as it seems reasonable to assume, it is extracted from the first quotation given.
[2] Quotation unidentifiable; attributed by Tittman (on ps.-
Zonaras s.v.) to
Polybius.
[3] (Concerning their authorship, probably.) Unattributable phrase including the present middle-passive participle, neuter plural, of the related verb
a)mfidoce/w. See web address 2.
Web address 1,
Web address 2
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; historiography; military affairs
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 10 August 2000@13:19:00.
Vetted by:Catharine Roth (Altered wording and punctuation; added note and links.) on 13 August 2000@23:18:23.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics) on 18 July 2002@11:02:23.
David Whitehead (augmented notes; another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics) on 8 July 2008@03:03:39.
David Whitehead (expanded n.2) on 19 February 2012@07:50:52.
Catharine Roth (tweaked notes and links) on 20 October 2013@20:15:52.
David Whitehead on 22 June 2015@11:10:37.
Catharine Roth (tweaked note) on 19 February 2018@20:00:00.
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