ἀμφικαλύπτω
amphikalypto
enwrap, enfold
Appears 24 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀμφικαλύπτω, fut. -ψω 2.583: aor. -ψα, v. infr. I. c.acc., enwrap, enfold, of garments, Il. 2.262; of a coffin, ἀ. ὀστέα 23.91; ἐπὴν πόλις ἀμφικαλύψῃ δουράτεον μέγαν ἵππον received within it, Od. 8.511, cf. 4.618; ἔρως φρένας ἀμφεκάλυψε love enfolded my senses, Il. 3.442; θάνατος δέ μιν ἀμφεκάλυψε 5.68, cf. 12.116; θανάτου δὲ μέλαν νέφος ἀμφεκάλυψε 16.350; ἀμφὶ δὲ ὄσσε κελαινὴ νὺξ ἐκάλυψε 11.356; [ὕπνος] βλέφαρʼ ἀμφικαλύψας Od. 5.493; of a wave, overwhelm, A.R.l.c.:—in Pass., ἀμφικεκαλύφθαι ἀμφιέσμασι Mul. 2.133. II. ἀ. τί τινι put round any one as a veil, cover, or shelter, ἀ. σάκος τινί Il. 8.331; νέφος τινί 14.343; νύκτα μάχῃ ἀ. throw the mantle of night over the battle, 5.506; ὄρος πόλει ἀ. overshadow a city with a mountain, Od. 8.569. III. after , ἀ. τινά τινι surround one with, φύλλοις κνήμας 161, cf. H. 1.746:—Pass., ἀμφεκαλύφθη κρᾶτα λέοντος χάσματι he had his head covered with lionʼs jaws, HF 361. 2. guard, μαχαίριον δακτύλῳ Mul. 1.70.
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