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ἀμφιβαίνω

amphibaino

go about

Appears 10 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀμφιβαίνω, fut. -βήσομαι, etc.:—A. go about or around, ἠέλιος μέσον οὐρανὸν ἀμφιβεβήκει sun in his course had reached mid-heaven, Il. 8.68. 2. bestride, ἀμφʼ ἑνὶ δούρατι βαῖνε he bestrode a beam, Od. 5.371, ἵππον ἀ. Call. Del. 113; ἀ. θηλείαις, of a cock, Babr. 5.8: esp., 3. bestride a fallen friend, so as to protect him, ἀμφὶ κασιγνήτῳ βεβαώς Il. 14.477: hence, b. of tutelary deities, guard, protect, Χρύσην ἀμφιβέβηκας ib.1.37; δαίμονες ἀμφιβάντες πόλιν A. Th. 175:—so, of a wild beast, guard its young, Opp. C. 3.218; or its prey, X Cyn. 10.13. II. surround, encompass, c. acc., νεφέλη σκόπελον ἀμφιβέβηκε Od. 12.74; σὲ πόνος φρένας ἀμφιβέβηκεν Il. 6.355, cf. Od. 8.541; ταραγμὸν ἀμφιβάντʼ εἶχον μάχης E. Ph. 1406; ὦ μοῖρα . . οἵα με . . ἀμφιβᾶσʼ ἔχεις Id. Andr. 1082: c. dat., Τρώων νέφος ἀμφιβέβηκε νηυσίν Il. 16.66; ἀ. ἀμφί τι, of a slit bandage which embraces a tender part without pressing on it, Hp. Art. 33. 2. metaph., τόδε μοι θράσος ἀμφιβαίνει E. Supp. 609; ἀμφιβᾶσα φλὸξ οἴνου, metaph. from flame spreading round a vessel on the fire, Alc. 758.
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