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G00297

An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon Keyed to Strong's Numbers

ἀμφότερος

Etym. ἄμφω

1. "each or both of two", Lat. uterque, Hdt., Aesch., etc.

2. neut. ἀμφότερον as adv., ἀμφότερον βασιλεύς τ᾽ ἀγαθός κρατερός τ᾽ αἰχμητής "both" good king and stout warrior, Il.; so in neut. pl., ἀμφότερα μένειν πέμπειν τε Aesch.

3. κατ᾽ ἀμφότερα "on both sides, utrinque", Hdt.; ἐπ᾽ ἀμφότερα, "both ways, in utramque partem", id=Hdt.; ἀπ᾽ ἀμφοτέρων "from both sides, ex utraque parte", id=Hdt.; ἀμφοτέραις, epic -ηισι (sc. χερσί), Od.; ἐπ᾽ ἀμφοτέρων βεβα_κώς (sc. ποδῶν) Theocr.