ἀμφικαλύπτω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> fut. -ψω A.R.2.583: aor. -ψα, v. infr.<br><span class="bld">I</span> c.acc., [[enwrap]], [[enfold]], of garments, Il.2.262; of a coffin, ἀ. ὀστέα 23.91; <b class="b3">ἐπὴν πόλις ἀμφικαλύψῃ δουράτεον μέγαν ἵππον</b> [[received within]] it, Od.8.511, cf. 4.618; <b class="b3">ἔρως φρένας ἀμφεκάλυψε</b> [[love enfolded]] my senses, Il.3.442; θάνατος δέ μιν ἀμφεκάλυψε 5.68, cf. 12.116; θανάτου δὲ μέλαν νέφος ἀμφεκάλυψε 16.350; ἀμφὶ δὲ ὄσσε κελαινὴ νὺξ ἐκάλυψε 11.356; [ὕπνος] βλέφαρ' ἀμφικαλύψας Od.5.493; of a wave, [[overwhelm]], A.R.l.c.:—in Pass., ἀμφικεκαλύφθαι ἀμφιέσμασι Hp.''Mul.''2.133.<br><span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">ἀ. τί τινι</b> [[put round]] any one [[as a veil]], [[cover]], or [[shelter]], ἀ. σάκος τινί Il.8.331; νέφος τινί 14.343; <b class="b3">νύκτα μάχῃ ἀ.</b> [[throw the mantle]] of night over the battle, 5.506; <b class="b3">ὄρος πόλει ἀ.</b> [[overshadow]] a city with a mountain, Od. 8.569.<br><span class="bld">III</span> after Hom., <b class="b3">ἀ. τινά τινι</b> [[surround]] one [[with]], φύλλοις κνήμας Batr. 161, cf. Opp.''H.''1.746:—Pass., <b class="b3">ἀμφεκαλύφθη κρᾶτα λέοντος χάσματι</b> [[he had]] his head [[covered with]] lion's jaws, E.''HF''361.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[guard]], μαχαίριον δακτύλῳ Hp.''Mul.''1.70.