ἀμφιπένομαι

amphipenomai

to be busied about, take charge of

Appears 8 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 6
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Book 4 1
Chapter ?

4220
Book 13 1
Chapter ?

13656
Book 16 1
Chapter ?

1628
Book 19 1
Chapter ?

19278
Book 21 1
Chapter ?

21203
Book 23 1
Chapter ?

23184
Odyssey 2
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Book 15 1
Chapter ?

15467
Book 19 1
Chapter ?

19455

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀμφιπένομαι, Ep. only pres. and impf., A. = πένομαι ἀμφί τινα, to be busied about, take charge of, c. acc. pers., οἵ μευ πατέρʼ ἀμφεπένοντο Od. 15.467; of people tending a wounded man, Il. 4.220, 16.28, Od. 19.455: c. acc. rei, δῶρα Il. 19.278; τάφον, στόλον, δόρπον, A.R. 2.925, 1199, 4.883; ταῦρον Id. 3.271. b. τὸν οὐ κύνες ἀμφεπένοντο dogs made not a meal of him, Il. 23.184, cf. 21.203; λέων . . ὅν τʼ ἐν ὄρεσσιν ἀνέρες ἀμφιπένονται hem in, A.R. 2.27.

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