ἀμφιλαφής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἀμφιλαφές, (prob. from [root ] <b class="b3">λαφ-</b>, cf. [[εἴληφα]]; so)<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[taking in on all sides]], [[wide-spreading]], of large trees. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.172; [[πλάτανος]] . . ἀ. τε καὶ ὑψηλή Pl.''Phdr.''230b.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[thickly grown]], [[thick]], ἀ. ἄλσος δένδρεσιν Call.''Cer.''27, cf. Ael.''NA''7.6; also of hair, Philostr. Jun.''Im.''8, etc.; ἀ. φολίδεσσι δράκων [[Nonnus Epicus|Nonn.]] ''[[Dionysiaca|D.]]'' 5.153.<br><span class="bld">3</span> generally, [[abundant]], [[enormous]], [[δύναμις]] Pi.''O.''9.82; [[βροντή|βρονταί]], [[χιών]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.28,50; [[δόσις]] ἀμφιλαφής = a [[bounteous]] [[gift]], A.''Ag.''1015; [[γόος]] ἀμφιλαφής = [[loud]] [[wail]], ''Ch.''331; πήματα Id.''Fr.''149A; [[κατάλυσις]] Jul.''Ep.''36. Adv. [[ἀμφιλαφῶς]] = [[copiously]], Plu. ''Eum.''6; [[ἀμφιλαφῶς]] ἔχειν, c. gen., Alciphr.3.60.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[bulky]], [[huge]], ἐλέφαντες [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.114; ἵππος A.R.4.1366; [[νῆσος]] ib.983; παστάς Theoc.24.46; [[χορός]] Call.''Dian.''3, etc.<br><span class="bld">b</span> (as if Passive, [[held on all sides]]), [[palpable]], Dam.''Pr.''13,''III''.<br><span class="bld">5</span> rarely of persons, <b class="b3">ἀμφιλαφὴς τέχνῃ</b> [[great]] in [[art]], Call.''Ap.''42; ἀμφιλαφὴς τὴν διάνοιαν Dam. ap. Suid.—Not in Hom. or in Early Prose.