put round, encompassing,
ἀμφίβολ-ος,ον,
A. put round, encompassing,
σπάργανα
E. Ion 1490
; ὄρη
Opp. C. 2.133
:Subst. -βολον,τό, κλωστοῦ -βόλοις λίνοιο
E. Tr. 537 , cf. AP 6.296 ( Leon. ).
II. struckorattacked on bothorall sides,
A. Th. 298 ;ἀ. εἶναιto bebetween two fires,
Th. 4.32 , 36 ; ἀ. γεγονέναι ὑπὸ τῶν πολεμίων
Plu. Cam. 34
, cf. Ph. Bel. 86.13 .
2.
Act. ,hitting at both ends, double-pointed,
κάμακες
AP 6.131
( Leon. ).
III. doubtful, ambiguous,
Pl. Cra. 437a , X. Mem. 1.2.35 , etc.;τἀγαθὰ ἐς ἀμφίβολον ἀσφαλῶς ἔθεντοprudently accounted their good fortune asdoubtful,
Th. 4.18 ;ἐς ἀ. θέσθαιcallin question,
Plu. 2.756c ; τὰ ἅπαξ κεκριμένα ἀ. ποιῆσαι
OGI 664
(Egypt,i A.D.); ἀ. νόμος
Arist. Rh. 1375b11
; τὸ ἀ.
Top. 160a29
; ἀμφίβολα λέγειν
Rh. 1407a37
; δηλώσεις ἀ.
Epicur. Ep. 1p.27U.
;συλλογισμοί, λέξεις,
Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.67 , 107 ;διάλεκτοι,prob.contradictory,ib. 56 , 58 ;οἰνάριον ἀ. doubtfulwhether it is wine or vinegar, Polioch. 2.8 ;ἐν ἀμφιβόλῳ εἶναιto bedoubtful,
Luc.
D Mort.
1.1 ; κατὰ δύο ἀμφίβολα
Olymp. in Mete. 22.27
.Adv., οὐκ ἀμφιβόλως
A. Th. 863
; ἀ. ἔχειν
D.H. Rh. 10.5
; δέξασθαι
Arr. Tact. 31.1
.
IV. of persons,in doubt, wavering, uncertain,
Luc.
D Deor.
20.11 , D.C. 37.36 , etc.; alsoἀ. βίος,of a turncoat, Luc. Pseudol. 16 ;ἄνθρωπος,of a eunuch, Lib. Eth. 26.3 .
