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Ἄμφηκες · double-edged, ambiguous (α 1694) · Suda

Letters

Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near α1694

α1690Amphares
α1691speechlessness
α1692around them
α1693swallowed up
α1694double-edged, ambiguous
α1695quotidian
α1696close-covered
α1697sculling
α1698mutually-contested, evenly-matched

Suda/Α alpha/α1694

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Ἄμφηκες

double-edged, ambiguous

Translated by Jennifer Benedict5 Oct 2000Vetting: high8 revisions

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1 note · 28 words

Translation

[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

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἄμφηκες· ἀμφοτέρωθεν ἠκονημένον. ἀπὸ τῆς ἀμφήκης εὐθείας. οἷος ἐμοὶ τρέφεται παῖς ἀμφήκει γλώττῃ λάμπων. Ἀριστοφάνης Νεφέλαις.

Betacode

*)/amfhkes: a)mfote/rwqen h)konhme/non. a)po\ th=s a)mfh/khs eu)qei/as. oi(=os e)moi\ tre/fetai pai=s a)mfh/kei glw/tth| la/mpwn. *)aristofa/nhs *nefe/lais.

Notes (1)

[1] From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 10.256, where the neuter singular headword occurs (of a sword); also in other lexica.
2Aristophanes, Clouds 1158-1160 (abridged), with scholion. See web address 1.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

α1712Ἀμφιδαήςtwo-edged[Referring to] a knife that cuts on both sides.

Neighbouring entries

α1692Ἀμφ' αὐτούςaround them α1693Ἀμφέχανεswallowed up α1694Ἄμφηκεςdouble-edged, ambiguous α1695Ἀμφήμερονquotidian α1696Ἀμφηρεφέςclose-covered

Revision history8 revisions · last 20 Jun 2015

20 Jun 2015Revised — David Whitehead
5 Dec 2013tweaked note — Catharine Roth
17 Feb 2012Revised — David Whitehead
24 Oct 2011more keywords — David Whitehead
24 Oct 2011tweaked notes, raised status — Catharine Roth
22 Oct 2011updated link, added betacode — Catharine Roth
18 Jul 2002added note and keywords; restorative cosmetics — David Whitehead
2 Mar 2001added keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
5 Oct 2000Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἄμφηκες (Adler number alpha 1694), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 5 Oct 2000. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/1694

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗