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Headword:
*)amfidh/riton
Adler number: alpha,1719
Translated headword: disputed, at a stalemate
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] in doubt,[1] at equilibrium.
"It happened that the battle came out as a stalemate."[2]
Greek Original:*)amfidh/riton: a)mfi/docon, i)sosta/sion. sune/bh gene/sqai th\n ma/xhn a)mfidh/riton.
Notes:
The headword adjective is accusative singular, presumably extracted from the quotation given; LSJ entry at web address 1.
[1] cf. generally
alpha 1720.
[2] Quotation unidentifiable, though Adler suggests
Polybius, who uses the plural of the headword, of battles, in 35.2.14. See also e.g.
Polybius 4.33.8, Callisthenes FGrH 124 F23, and
Thucydides 4.134.1, the last probably giving rise to
Hesychius s.v.
a)mfidh/ritos.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: definition; historiography; military affairs
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 10 August 2000@13:15:14.
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