ἀμφότερος
(Locrian dialect ἀμφόταρος [[ “IG” 9(1).334.39)] Refs], α, ον, (ἄμφω) rare in singular, either, i.e. both of two (opposed to ἑκάτερος each one of two), ἀμφοτέρας κοινὸν αἴας common to either land, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 131] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ποίημα ἢ πάθος ἢ ἀμφότερον or partaking of both, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 248d; τὸ ἀμφότερον ἑκατέρῳ οὐχ ἕπεται [prev. author] “Hp.Ma.” 302e. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus has _sing._ only _neuter_ ἀμφότερον] Refs 8th c.BC+] as adverb, followed by τε.. κα; ἀ. βασιλεύς τ᾽ ἀγαθὸς κρατερός τ᾽ αἰχμητής both together, prince as well as warrior, [[[prev. work] 3.179] Refs]; ἀ. γενεῇ τε καὶ οὕνεκα.. [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.60] Refs 8th c.BC+]; followed by τε.. δέ.., [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.79: also _neuter_ _plural_, ἀμφότερα μένειν πέμπειν τε 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 480; φιλοχρήματος καὶ φιλότιμος, ἤτοι τὰ ἕτερα τούτων ἢ ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 68c; ἀ. ἄριστος καὶ στρατηγὸς καὶ ῥαψῳδός “Ion” 541b] Refs 5th c.BC+]; by τε.. καί.., [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.104. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 dual in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, as ἀ. Αἴαντε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.265, +others] Refs 8th c.BC+], less frequently in later writers, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.1.1, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 143c, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.134, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but plural is much more frequently, and is found with a dual Noun, χεῖρε πετάσσας ἀμφοτέρας[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.115.] Refs 8th c.BC+] —Phrases: κατ᾽ ἀμφότερα on both sides, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.10.β, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 159a; ἐπ᾽ ἀμφότερα ] Refs 5th c.BC+]towards both sides, both ways, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.87, +others, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.83, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀμφότερα, absolutely, on both sides, [[[prev. work] 13, +others] Refs]; ἀπ᾽ ἀμφοτέρων from or on both sides, Ξέρξεω ἀπ᾽ ἀ. ἀδελφεός[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.97; παρ᾽ ἀμφοτέρων 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 16.7, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μετ᾽ ἀμφοτέροισι one with another (assuming variant), [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 12.12] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἀμφοτέροις βλέπειν (i.e. ὄμμασι) [[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 32.6] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἀμφοτέραις, Epic dialect -ῃσι (i.e. χερσί) [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.264] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ ἀμφοτέροις βεβακώς (i.e. ποσί) [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 14.66. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]