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Headword:
*)epamfoteri/sai
Adler number: epsilon,1951
Translated headword: to equivocate
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] to bring the argument into a state of ambiguity,[1] so that it is refuted from both sides.
Greek Original:*)epamfoteri/sai: ei)s a)mfiboli/an a)gagei=n to\n lo/gon, w(s kaq' e(ka/teron e)le/gxesqai.
Notes:
The transmitted headword is aorist active infinitive of
e)pamfoteri/zw (cf. under
delta 1581) -- but see next note.
[1] Up to this point the gloss is equivalent to one found in
Timaeus,
Platonic Lexicon, under
e)camfoteri/sai rather than (as here)
e)pamfoteri/sai. Either way, its ultimate origin cannot be determined with certainty, though if
Timaeus'
e)c- is purely paradigmatic (rather than a direct quotation) it might be generated by
e)chmfote/riken to\n lo/gon in
Plato,
Euthydemus 300D.
Translated by: William Hutton on 23 August 2007@09:58:04.
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