COMPOUND: ἀμφίθετος, -ον
CATEGORIZATION: A [P+V+Suf]
MEANING: ‘that will stand on both ends’, acc. to others ‘with handles on both sides’, ‘that may be taken up from both sides’
ETIMOLOGY: ἀμφί ‘on both sides’ + verb root θε- (τίθημι) ‘set, put, place’ + adj. suf. -τος, -τον
OCCURRENCE: Il. XXIII, 270, 616
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: nom. f. (target gender) sg., acc. f. (target gender) sg.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: determinative – karmadhāraya
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