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Headword:
*)amfi/bion
Adler number: alpha,1704
Translated headword: amphibian
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning a creature] able to live in both [elements], [i.e.] in sea and on land.[1]
Also [sc. attested is the concept/phrase] "amphibious creatures", [meaning] those which can live both in wet places and on dry land, such as the hippopotamus and the crocodile. And so can man; for they are able to live at the same time in wet locations and in arid lands, as in Egypt and in many other places.[2]
Greek Original:*)amfi/bion: e)n a)mfote/rais duna/menon biou=n, qala/ssh| kai\ gh=|. kai\ *)amfi/bia zw=|a, o(/sa kai\ e)n tw=| u(grw=| kai\ e)pi\ th=s xe/rsou bioi=, oi(=on i(/ppos pota/mios, kroko/deilos. du/natai de\ kai\ a)/nqrwpos. ei)si\ ga\r oi(=a a(/ma kai\ e)n tw=| u(grw=| kai\ e)n tw=| chrw=| diaita=sqai, w(s e)n *ai)gu/ptw| kai\ a)/llh| pollaxh=|.
Notes:
[1] Neuter singular of this adjective (which literally means dual-lifed: see LSJ s.v., web address 1); same glossing in
Photius and other lexica.
[2] From
Aristophanes of
Byzantium's epitome of the Aristotelian
History of Animals.
Web address 1
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; geography; philosophy; zoology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 11 August 2000@22:11:29.
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