# ἀμφιλέγω
## Ancient Greek
### Alternative forms

* ἀμφιλλέγω (amphillégō) — Doric

### Etymology

ἀμφι- (amphi-) +‎ λέγω (légō, “say”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /am.pʰi.lé.ɡɔː/ → /am.ɸiˈle.ɣo/ → /am.fiˈle.ɣo/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /am.pʰi.lé.ɡɔː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /am.pʰiˈle.ɡo/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /am.ɸiˈle.ɣo/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /am.fiˈle.ɣo/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /am.fiˈle.ɣo/
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### Verb

ἀμφῐλέγω • (amphĭlégō)
* to dispute, to question
** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 1.5.11:ἀμφιλεξάντων δέ τι ἐνταῦθα τῶν τε τοῦ Μένωνος στρατιωτῶν καὶ τῶν τοῦ Κλεάρχου ὁ Κλέαρχος κρίνας ἀδικεῖν τὸν τοῦ Μένωνος πληγὰς ἐνέβαλενamphilexántōn dé ti entaûtha tôn te toû Ménōnos stratiōtôn kaì tôn toû Kleárkhou ho Kléarkhos krínas adikeîn tòn toû Ménōnos plēgàs enébalenTranslation by Carleton L. BrownsonThere one of Menon's soldiers and one of Clearchus' men had some dispute, and Clearchus, deciding that Menon's man was in the wrong, gave him a flogging.
* to doubt, to argue with two viewpoints
** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Apology 12:βροντὰς δὲ ἀμφιλέξει τις ἢ μὴ φωνεῖν ἢ μὴ μέγιστον οἰωνιστήριον εἶναι;brontàs dè amphiléxei tis ḕ mḕ phōneîn ḕ mḕ mégiston oiōnistḗrion eînai?Translation by William HeinemannWill any one dispute either that thunder utters its ‘voice,’ or that it is an omen of the greatest moment? [Socrates speaking of the 'voice of God']

#### Synonyms

* ἀμφιλογέω (amphilogéō) (uncontracted), ἀμφιλογῶ (contracted)

#### Derived terms

* ἀμφίλεκτος (masc. fem.), ἀμφίλεκτον (amphílekton) (neu.) “of which one disputes”
* ἀμφιλογία f (amphilogía, “the doubting”)
* ἀμφίλογος (masc. fem.), ἀμφίλογον (amphílogon) (neu.) “of which one disputes”

#### Related terms

* (to dispute): (neuter plural): the disputed
    (Doric) “τὰ ἀμφιλλεγόμενα (tà amphillegómena)”
    (Koine) “τὰ ἀμφιλεγόμενα (tà amphilegómena)”

#### Descendants

* Greek: αμφιλέγω (amfilégo)
** From Koine “τὰ ἀμφιλεγόμενα (tà amphilegómena)”: Greek: αμφιλεγόμενος (amfilegómenos)
* Greek: ἀμφιλογίτης m (polytonic), αμφιλογίτης (amfilogítis, “mineral Muscovite”)
* German: Amphilogit (“Muscovite”) (mineral)
* Medieval Byzantine Greek: ἀνθιλογή f, ἀνθιλογία f (anthilogía)

### Further reading

* “ἀμφιλέγω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “ἀμφιλέγω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* ἀμφιλέγω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
* Dimitrakos, Dimitrios B. ($^2$1964) Μέγα λεξικόν ὅλης τῆς Ἑλληνικῆς γλώσσης [Great Dictionary of the entire Greek Language] (in Greek), Athens: Hellenic Paideia 2nd edition in 15 vols. [1st edition 1930-1950 in 9 volumes] (abbreviations - of authors)
* ἀμφιλέγω - Kriaras, Emmanuel (1969-) Επιτομή του Λεξικού της Μεσαιωνικής Ελληνικής Δημώδους Γραμματείας (Epitomí tou Lexikoú tis Mesaionikís Ellinikís Dimódous Grammateías) [Concise Dictionary of the Kriaras' Dictionary of Medieval Vulgar Greek Literature (1100–1669) Vols. 1–14. Vols 15- under I. Kazazes.)] (in Greek), Thessaloniki: Centre for the Greek language Online edition (abbreviations) Printed edition 2022: 22 vols.)