ἀμφιχάσκω

English (LSJ)

impf., v. infr.: aor. ἀμφέχᾰνον:—

   A gape round, gape for, c. acc., ἐμὲ μὲν Κὴρ ἀμφέχανε Il.23.79; μαστὸν ἀμφέχασκ' ἐμόν, of an infant, A.Ch.545; ἀμφιχανὼν λόγχαις ἑπτάπυλον στόμα, of the Argive army round Thebes, S.Ant.118; ἀγκίστρου . . πλάνον ἀμφιχανοῦσα, of a fish, AP7.702 (Apollonid.): rarely c. dat., Opp.H.3.178.

German (Pape)

[Seite 145] umgähnen, etwas, τί, Aesch. Ch. 538.