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|Definition=Prep. with [[genitive]], dat., acc.: (cf. Skt.<br><span class="bld">A</span> abhitas '[[on both sides]]', Lat. [[ambi]]-):—radic. sense, [[on both sides]]; chiefly Poet. and Ion. Prose, replaced by [[περί]] in later Gk.<br><span class="bld">A</span> C. GEN. (Poet., [[Herodotus|Hdt.]], X.):<br><span class="bld">I</span> causal, [[about]], [[for the sake of]], <b class="b3">ἀμφὶ πίδακος μάχεσθαι</b> [[fight]] [[for the possession of]] a [[spring]], Il.16.285; ἀμφὶ γυναικός Pi.''P.''9.105, A.''Ag.''62; ἀμφὶ λέκτρων [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Andromache|Andr.]]''123: like [[πρός]], in entreaties, <b class="b3">πρὸς Ζηνός.. Φοίβου τ' ἀ.</b> [[for]] [[Phoebus]]' [[sake]], A.R.2.216.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[about]], [[concerning]], once in Hom., <b class="b3">ἀμφ' Ἄρεος φιλότητος ἀείδειν</b> sing of love, Od.8.267; ἀμφὶ τιμῆς ''h.Merc.''172 (cf. c. 4); once in [[Herodotus|Hdt.]], <b class="b3">ἀμφὶ κρίσιος</b> (as [[varia lectio|v.l.]] for [[κρίσι]]) μνηστήρων τοσαῦτα ἐγένετο 6.131; more freq. in poets, ἀμφὶ δαιμόνων Pi.''O.''1.35, cf. A.''Th.''1017, E.''Supp.''642, etc.; prob. l. in S.''Ph.''554.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of [[place]], [[about]], [[around]], post-Hom., ἀμφὶ ταύτης τῆς πόλιος [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.104; τὸν ἀμφὶ Λίμνας τρόχον E.''Hipp.''1133.<br><span class="bld">B</span> C. DAT. (Poet., Ion. and later Prose):<br><span class="bld">I</span> of [[place]], [[on both sides of]], ἀμφ' ὀχέεσσι Il.5.723; <b class="b3">ἀμφὶ κεφαλῇ, ὤμοισιν, στήθεσσι, ποσσί</b>, [[about]] the [[head]], etc., ib.24.163, 3.328, Od.16.174, Il.13.36; ἄ. δέρᾳ Sapph.''Supp.''23.16; <b class="b3">ἀμφί οἱ</b> [[around]] him, Il.12.396; <b class="b3">μοι ἀμφ' αὐτῷ</b> [[around]] me, 9.470; like wise ἀμφὶ περὶ στήθεσσι Od.11.609:—[[all round]], <b class="b3">κρέα ἀμφ' ὀβελοῖσι μεμύκει</b> [[round]], i.e. [[upon]], [[spit]]s, ib.12.395; πεπαρμένη ἀμφ' ὀνύχεσσι Hes.''Op.''250.<br><span class="bld">2</span> more generally, [[at]], [[by]], <b class="b3">ἀμφὶ πύλῃσι μάχεσθαι</b> [[at]] the [[gate]]s, Il.12.175; <b class="b3">ἀμφὶ [κόρυθι] διατρυφέν</b> [[smash]]ed [[on]] the [[helmet]], 3.362; <b class="b3">ἀμφὶ πυρί</b> [[on the fire]], 18.344; <b class="b3">ἀμφ' ἐμοί</b> [[cling]]ing to me, Od.11.423; especially of falling [[over]] one, Il.4.493; of a [[guardian]], [[over]], φύλακα ἀμφὶ σοι λείψω [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''562; ἀμφὶ γούνασι [[πίπτειν]] E.''Alc.''947.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of [[time]], <b class="b3">ἁλίῳ ἀμφὶ ἑνί</b> in [[compass]] of one [[day]], Pi. ''O.''13.37.<br><span class="bld">III</span> generally, of [[connection]] or [[association]], without distinct notion of place, <b class="b3">ἀμφὶ νεκροῖσιν</b> as [[concerning]] the [[dead]], Il.7.408; freq. in Pi., <b class="b3">ὅσσα δ' ἀμφ' ἀέθλοις</b> [[as far as concerns]] [[game]]s, ''N.''2.17; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἔργοισιν ἀμφὶ τε βουλαῖς</b> in [[deed]]s and [[counsel]]s, Id.''P.''5.119; [[in virtue of]], ἀμφὶ σοφίᾳ 1.12; ἐμᾷ ἀμφὶ μαχανᾷ 8.34; ἀμφ' ἀρετᾷ 1.80, cf. ''O.''8.42; σέο ἀμφὶ τρόπῳ ''N.''1.29; <b class="b3">ἀμφὶ ἰατορίᾳ</b> [[in respect of]] [[healing]], B.1.39.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> causal, [[about]], [[for the sake of]], ἀμφ' Ἑλένῃ [[μάχεσθαι]] Il.3.70; <b class="b3">ἀμφὶ γυναικὶ ἄλγεα πάσχειν</b> ib.157, cf. Luc.D Deor.20.14; ἀμφὶ τοῖσδε καλχαίνων τέκνοις E.''Heracl.''40, cf. ''Rh.''457 (lyr.); ἀμφὶ δώλῳ μωλίειν ''Leg.Gort.''1.17; [[concerning]], Od.1.48; εἰπὼν ἀμφ' Ὀδυσῆϊ 14.364; ἀρνεύμενον ἀμφὶ βόεσσι ''h.Merc.''390; ἀμφὶ Τειρεσίαο βουλαῖς Pi.''I.''7(6).8; ἕξετ' ἀμφ' ἐμοὶ τροφήν [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Coloneus|OC]]''1614, cf. ''El.''1144; ἔρις ἀμφὶ μουσικῇ [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 6.129; ἀμφὶ σοι A.''Ag.''890; <b class="b3">ἀμφὶ τῷ θανάτῳ αὐτῆς λόγος λέγεται</b> [[about]] her [[death]] it is [[report]]ed, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.32, cf. [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''303; ἀμφὶ βοῶν ἀγέλαις δόμον [[αὔξειν]] B.9.44.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of [[impulse]]s, <b class="b3">ἀμφὶ τάρβει, ἀμφὶ φόβῳ</b> [[for]] [[very]] [[fear]], A.''Ch.''547, [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Orestes|Or.]]''825; ἀμφὶ θυμῷ [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''565; ἀμφ' ὀδύνῃ A.R.2.96.<br><span class="bld">V</span> like [[ἐπί]], [[added to]], [[πόνος]] ἀμφὶ πόνῳ Simon.39.<br><span class="bld">C</span> C. ACC., most freq. in Prose (twice only in Th.):<br><span class="bld">I</span> of [[place]], [[about]], [[around]], mostly with a sense of motion, ἀμφὶ μιν φᾶρος βάλον Il.24.588, cf. Od.10.365; ἀμφὶ βωμίαν ἔπτηξε παστάδα E.''HF'' 984.<br><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[by]], [[on]], <b class="b3">ἀμφ' ἅλα</b> [[by]] the [[sea]], Il.1.409; <b class="b3">ἀμφὶ ῥέεθρα</b> [[somewhere]] by the [[bank]]s, 2.461; <b class="b3">ἀμφὶ περὶ κρήνην</b> [[somewhere]] [[about]] the [[fountain]], 2.305; <b class="b3">ἀμφὶ ἄστυ</b> [[all about in]] the [[city]], 11.706; <b class="b3">Τάρταρον ἀμφὶ μέγαν</b> [[somewhere]] in [[Tartarus]], ''h.Ap.''336, cf. [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''1029; ἀμφὶ [[Εὔβοια]]ν B.9.34; ἀμφὶ Θρῄκην [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Andromache|Andr.]]''215; <b class="b3">ἀμφὶ ψάμαθον</b> [[somewhere]] on the [[sand]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''1064; <b class="b3">ἀμφὶ βωμόν</b> at the [[altar]], E.''IT''705; περὶ [[πίδακας]] ἀμφὶ Theoc. 7.142; of [[motion]], [[to the neighbourhood of]], ἦλθες ἀμφὶ [[Δωδώνη]]ν [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]'' 830.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of persons [[group]]ed [[about]] one, <b class="b3">οἱ ἀμφὶ Πρίαμον</b> [[Priam]] and his [[train]], Il.3.146, cf. 2.417,445; <b class="b3">οἱ ἀμφὶ Ξέρξεα</b> his [[army]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.25; but <b class="b3">οἱ ἀμφὶ Κορινθίους, οἱ ἀμφὶ Μεγαρέας καὶ Φλειασίους</b> the [[Corinthian]]s, [[Megarian]]s, etc., and those [[next]] them, Id.9.69: hence Att., <b class="b3">οἱ ἀμφὶ Πρωταγόραν</b> the [[school]] of [[Protagoras]] or even [[Protagoras]] himself, Pl. ''Tht.''170c; <b class="b3">οἱ ἀμφὶ Εὐθύφρονα</b> [[Euthyphro]]'s [[friend]]s, Cra.399e, cf. Th.8.65; of a single person, perhaps Pl.''Hp.Ma.''281c; so in later Prose, as Luc.''VH''2.18.<br><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">τὰ ἀμφὶ τι</b> that which [[concern]]s a thing, τὰ ἀμφὶ τὸ ἄριστον Th.7.40; <b class="b3">τὰ ἀμφὶ τὴν δίαιταν</b> [[domestic]] [[arrangement]]s, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''8.2.6.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[causal]], [[about]], [[for the sake of]], <b class="b3">κλαίειν ἀμφὶ τινα</b> [[weep]] [[about]] or [[for]] one, Il.18.339; <b class="b3">μνήσασθαι ἀμφὶ τινα</b> make mention of one, ''h.Hom.'' 7.1, cf. Terp.2, Ar.''Nu.''595; κελαδέοντι φᾶμαι ἀμφὶ Κινύραν Pi.''P.''2.15, cf. ''I.''7(6).9, A.''Th.''843; ἀμφὶ νιν γοώμενος S.''Tr.''937.<br><span class="bld">6</span> <b class="b3">ἀμφὶ τι ἔχειν</b> to be [[occupied]] [[about]] a thing, ἀμφὶ λιτάν' ἕξομεν A.''Th.''101; ἀμφὶ [[δεῖπνον]] εἶχεν [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''5.5.44, cf. 5.2.26; εἶναι ἀμφί τι 7.1.1; ἀμφὶ τὰν δαῖσιν ''Leg.Gort.''5.46.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of [[time]], [[throughout]], [[for]], <b class="b3">τὸν λοιπὸν ἀμφὶ βίοτον, τὸν ὅλον ἀμφὶ χρόνον</b>, Pi.''O.''1.97, 2.30; [[about]], [[at the time of]], [[during]], ἀμφὶ Πλειάδων δύσιν A.''Ag.''826; ἀμφὶ τὸν χειμῶνα [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''8.6.22, etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of Number, ἀμφὶ τὰς δώδεκα μυριάδας [[about]] 120,000, ib.1.2.15.<br><span class="bld">D</span> POSITION. In poets [[ἀμφί]] sometimes [[follow]]s its [[case]], οἱ δέ μιν ἀμφί Od.23.46, cf. 10.218, B.17.53; φρένας ἀμφὶ Hes.''Th.''554, Mimn.1.7; but never [[suffer]]s [[anastrophe]], Hdn.Gr.1.480.<br><span class="bld">E</span> WITHOUT CASE, as adverb, [[about]], [[around]], [[on both sides]] or [[on all sides]], freq. in Ep., ῥῆξεν δέ οἱ ἀμφὶ χιτῶνα Il.13.439; <b class="b3">ἀμφὶ δὲ λειμών</b> [[around]] is [[meadow]], Od.6.292; so ἀμφὶ περί Il.21.10, etc.<br><span class="bld">F</span> IN COMPOS.:<br><span class="bld">I</span> [[on both sides]], [[ἀμφίστομος]], [[ἀμφίαλος]].<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[on all sides]], [[ἀμφιβάλλω]] 1.3, [[ἀμφιλαμβάνω]], [[ἀμφιλαφής]].<br><span class="bld">II</span> causal, [[for the sake of]], [[ἀμφιμάχομαι]], [[ἀμφιτρομέω]].