ἀμφίπολος
amphipolos
busied about, busy
Appears 74 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀμφίπολος, ον, (πέλω, πολέω)
‹ All lexicon entries busied about, busy, epith. of Κύπρις, Tr. 860:—in and only as fem. Subst., handmaid, waiting-woman, Od. 1.331, 6.199, etc.; λάβετʼ ἀμφίπολοι γραίας ἀμενοῦς Supp. 1115:—with other Substs., ἀ. ταμίη, γραῦς, Il. 24.302, Od. 1.191.
b. later, handmaid of gods, priestess, θεᾶς IT 1114; Διός IG 14.2111.
2. masc., attendant, follower, O. 6.32.
3. masc., priest, sacrist, Fr. 982; ὁ τῶν θεῶν ἀ. D. 1.13, cf. Comp.Demetr.Ant. 3, IG 9(1).683 (Corcyra).
4. ἀ. Διὸς Ὀλυμπίου, title of magistrate at Syracuse, 16.70.
II. in pass. sense, frequented, τύμβος O. 1.93.