Ἀμφίταποι

double-piled

Translated by Jennifer Benedict10 Aug 2000Vetting: high5 revisions

7 words

[Referring to] rugs wooly on both sides.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀμφίταποι· τάπητες ἀμφίμαλλοι.

Betacode

*)amfi/tapoi: ta/phtes a)mfi/malloi.

Same or similar entry in other lexica; references at Photius alpha1370 Theodoridis. The term is attested in New Comedy and elsewhere, including the Septuagint (see LSJ s.v.), and this nominative plural is perhaps generated by the dative plural in Proverbs 7.16.