ἀμφιλέγω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ἀμφιλλ- (amphill-) Doric

Etymology

ἀμφι- (amphi-) + λέγω (légō) (λέγω, sense: 'to say').

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ἀμφιλέγω (amphilégō)

  1. to dispute, to question
    • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 1.5.11:
      ἀμφιλεξάντων δέ τι ἐνταῦθα τῶν τε τοῦ Μένωνος στρατιωτῶν καὶ τῶν τοῦ Κλεάρχου ὁ Κλέαρχος κρίνας ἀδικεῖν τὸν τοῦ Μένωνος πληγὰς ἐνέβαλεν
      amphilexántōn dé ti entaûtha tôn te toû Ménōnos stratiōtôn kaì tôn toû Kleárkhou ho Kléarkhos krínas adikeîn tòn toû Ménōnos plēgàs enébalen
      • Translation by Carleton L. Brownson
        There one of Menon's soldiers and one of Clearchus' men had some dispute, and Clearchus, deciding that Menon's man was in the wrong, gave him a flogging.
  2. to doubt, to argue with two viewpoints
    • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Apology 12:
      βροντὰς δὲ ἀμφιλέξει τις ἢ μὴ φωνεῖν ἢ μὴ μέγιστον οἰωνιστήριον εἶναι;
      brontàs dè amphiléxei tis ḕ mḕ phōneîn ḕ mḕ mégiston oiōnistḗrion eînai?
      • Translation by William Heinemann
        Will any one dispute either that thunder utters its ‘voice,’ or that it is an omen of the greatest moment? [Socrates speaking of the 'voice of God']

Inflection

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Synonyms

  • ἀμφιλογέω (amphilogéō) (uncontracted), ἀμφιλογῶ (contracted)

Derived terms

  • ἀμφίλεκτος (masc. fem.), ἀμφίλεκτον (amphílekton) (neu.) “of which one disputes”
  • ἀμφιλογία f (amphilogía, the doubting)
  • ἀμφίλογος (masc. fem.), ἀμφίλογον (amphílogon) (neu.) “of which one disputes”
  • (to disupte): (neuter plural): the disputed
    (Doric)τὰ ἀμφιλλεγόμενα (tà amphillegómena)
    (Koine)τὰ ἀμφιλεγόμενα (tà amphilegómena)

Descendants

  • Greek: αμφιλέγω (amfilégo)
  • Greek: ἀμφιλογίτης m (polytonic), αμφιλογίτης (amfilogítis, mineral Muscovite)
  • German: Amphilogit (Muscovite) (mineral)
  • Medieval Byzantine Greek: ἀνθιλογή f, ἀνθιλογία f (anthilogía)

References

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