ἀμφίς
amphis
on both sides
Appears 41 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀμφίς, Ep. word, once in (v.infr.), Trag. only Hyps. (v. infr.), prop. A. = ἀμφί, but mostly as Adv.: 1. on both sides, ἀ. ἀρωγοί helpers on either hand, to either party, Il. 18.502, cf. 519; ἁμαρτῇ δούρασιν ἀ. βάλεν threw with spears from both hands at once, 21.162; σεῖον ζυγὸν ἀ. ἔχοντες having it on both sides, Od. 3.486. 2. generally, round about, ἀ. ἐόντες Il. 24.488; ἀ. ἰδών having looked about, Op. 701 (cf. infr. B. I); δεσμοὶ . . ἀ. ἔχοιεν may bonds encompass, Od. 8.340; σιδηρέῳ ἄξονι ἀ. at each end, Il. 5.723; and so (rather than between) 3.115, 7.342; μολπὴ ἀ. ἔχει δώματα fills the house, 1.12. II. apart, asunder, γαῖαν καὶ οὐρανὸν ἀ. ἔχειν Od. 1.54; ἀ. ἐέργειν to keep apart, Il. 13.706; ἀ. ἀγῆναι snap in twain, 11.559; τόξων ἀϊκὰς ἀ. μένον 15.709; ἀ. φράζεσθαι think separately, each for himself, i.e. to be divided, 2.13; ἀ. φρονέοντε 13.345; ἀ. ἕκαστα εἴρεσθαι to ask each by itself, i.e. one after another, Od. 19.46 codd.; ἀ. ἔμμεναι to be absent, Orac. ap. 1.85. B. less freq as Prep., like ἀμφί: I. c.gen. (which it may either precede or follow), around, ἅρματος ἀ. ἰδεῖν look all round his chariot, Il. 2.384. b. concerning, ἀ. ἀληθείης 8.51; ἀέθλοις . . ἐσθᾶτος ἀ. P. 4.253. 2. apart from, far from, ἀ. ἐκείνων εἶναι Od. 14.352; Διὸς ἀ. ἥσθην Il. 8.444; ἀ. φυλόπιδος Od. 16.267; ἀ. ὁδοῦ aside from, out of road, Il. 23.393; πάτρας ἀ. far from her fatherland, Hyps.Fr. 3 iii 30. II. c. acc., about, around, always after its case, Κρόνον ἀ. Il. 14.274; Ποσιδήϊον ἀ. Od. 6.266, cf. 9.399.
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