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ἔμφῡλος

emphulos

in the tribe

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ἔμφῡλος · emphylos — LSJ

in the tribe, of the same tribe, race, kinsfolk, kindred, of a kinsman, registered in a tribe

in the tribe, i.e. of the same tribe or race, ἀνὴρ ἔμφυλος Od. 15.273; ἐμφύλιοι kinsfolk, S. Ant. 1264 (lyr.), Pl. Lg. 871a; ἐμφύλιον αἷμα the guilt of kindred blood, i. e. the murder of a kinsman, Pi. P. 2.32, Pl. R. 565e, cf. S. OT 1406; τοὔμφυλον αἷμα Id. OC 407; στάσιές τε καὶ ἔμφυλοι φόνοι ἀνδρῶν Thgn. 51; ἔμφυλοι παρʼ ἑκατέροις registered in a tribe, GDI 5040.15 (Hierapytna).

2 oneʼs native

γῆ ἐμφύλιος oneʼs native land, S. OC 1385.

II in, among oneʼs people, family, intestine

in or among oneʼs people or family, μάχα Alc. Supp. 23.11; ἔμφυλος στάσις intestine discord, Sol. 4.19, Hdt. 8.3, Democr. 249; Ἄρης ἐμφύλιος A. Eu. 863; μάχη Theoc. 22.200; πόλεμος Plb. 1.65.2, cf. Plu. Pomp. 24.

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