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ἀμφιδέξιος

ἀμφιδέξιος, with two right hands, very dextrous

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ἀμφιδέξιοι masculine nominative plural, masculine vocative plural, feminine nominative plural, feminine vocative plural of ἀμφιδέξιος

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ἀμφιδέξιος, ον,
  • ambidextrous (cf. ἀμφαρίστερος), Hp. Aph. 7.43 (wrongly expl. by Glaucias ap. Erot., S.E. M. 7.50), Arist. EN 1134b34; = περιδέξιος, Hippon. 83. Adv. -ίως, παίζειν Polem.Hist. 45.
      • 2 ready to take with either hand, i.e. taking either of two things, indifferent, Trag.Adesp. 355 ( = Com.Adesp. 360); so ἀμφιδεξίως ἔχει it is indifferent, A. Fr. 266.
      • 3 two-edged, σίδηρος E. Hipp. 780.
        • b metaph., double-meaning, ambiguous, χρηστήριον Hdt. 5.92.εʹ, cf. Luc. JTr. 43.
      • 4 on either hand, with both hands, ἀ. ἀκμαῖς with both hands at once, S. OT 1243; ἐρείσατʼ . . πλευρὸν ἀμφιδέξιον ἐμφύντε τῷ φύσαντι OC 1112.
      • 5 ἀμφιδέξια, τά, bracelets, Hsch.: sg. ἀμφίδεξιν (sic) IG 3.238a.

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