ἀμφιπιάζω
δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | when an oak has fallen, every man gathers wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood | when an oak has fallen, every man becomes a woodcutter | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his strength | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his power | when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet
English (LSJ)
Dor. for -πιέζω,
A squeeze all round, hug closely, [τὰν χίμαρον] χαλαῖς ἀμφεπίαξε λύκος Theoc.Ep.6.4.
German (Pape)
[Seite 142] dor. für -πιέζω, zusammendrücken, Theocr. Ep. 6 (IX, 432) ἀμφεπίαξε.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀμφιπιάζω: Δωρ. ἀντὶ πιέζω, συμπιέζω ὁλόγυρα, στενῶς περιπτύσσομαι, [τὰν χίμαρον] χαλαῖς ἀμφεπίαξε λύκος Θεοκρ. Ἐπιγρ. 6. 4.
French (Bailly abrégé)
presser tout autour.
Étymologie: ἀμφί, dor. πιάζω p. πιέζω.
Spanish (DGE)
agarrar, echar la zarpa χαλαῖς ἀμφεπίαξε λύκος Theoc.Ep.6.4.
Greek Monolingual
ἀμφιπιάζω (Α)
συνθλίβω, πιέζω, σφίγγω ολόγυρα.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ἀμφι- + πιάζω, δωρ. τ. του πιέζω.
Greek Monotonic
ἀμφιπιάζω: Δωρ. αντί -πιέζω, συμπιέζω ολόγυρα, συσφίγγω στενά, σε Θεόκρ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἀμφιπιάζω: сжимать, сдавливать (χίμαρον χαλαῖς Theocr.).
