ἀμφιέπω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=poet. also [[ἀμφέπω]] (the only form in Trag.): impf. or aor. ἀμφίεπον and [[ἄμφεπον]], both in Hom. (v. infr.): ''poet.'' Verb only in the tenses cited, and once or twice in Med.: ([[ἕπω]]:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[go about]], [[be all round]], <b class="b3">γάστρην τρίποδος πῦρ ἄμφεπε</b> Il.18.348, Od.8.437; πρύμνην πῦρ ἄμφεπε Il.16.124; <b class="b3">ἔερσ' ἀμφέπει</b> the dew (of milk and honey, metaph. of song) [[crowns]] [the bowl], Pi.''N.''3.78.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[beset]], [[press hard]], Il.11.483; so perhaps in Od.3.118 (v. infr. 11.2).<br><span class="bld">II</span> to [[be busy about]], [[look after]], ἀμφίεπον τάφον Ἕκτορος Il. 24.804, cf. 5.667; <b class="b3">ἀμφὶ βοὸς ἕπετον κρέα</b> [[dressed]] the meat, 11.776; <b class="b3">βοῦς, ιν ἀ.</b>, Od.8.61, Il.24.622:—[[do honour]] or [[do reverence to]], Δάματρα Pi.''O.''6.95; [[tend]] or [[heal]] [[sick]], ''P.''3.51; <b class="b3">ἀ. σκῆπτρον</b> [[sway]] the sceptre, ''O.''1.12, cf. S.''El.''651; esp. [[guard]], [[protect]], Pi.''P.''5.68, prob. in E.''Med.''480, etc.; Βακχεῦ.. ὃς ἀμφέπεις Ἰταλίαν S.''Ant.''1118; μαντεῖον E.''IT''1248; simply, [[frequent]], χῶρον Simon.58:<b class="b3">—ἀ. κῆδος</b> [[cherish]] an alliance, E.''Ph.''340; <b class="b3">ἀ. μόχθον</b> [[go through]] toil and trouble, Pi.''P.''4.268; <b class="b3">σύμπειρον ἀγωνία θυμὸν ἀ.</b> [[foster]] spirit in contests, ''N.''7.10; <b class="b3">ἀ. ὄλβον</b> [[enjoy]] happiness, ''I.''4(3).59; ἀ. παννυχίδας Critias 1.8.<br><span class="bld">2</span> abs., in part., [[with good heed]], [[carefully]], ἵππους ἀμφιέποντες ζεύγνυσαν Il.19.392; <b class="b3">στίχας ἵστατον ἀμφιέποντες</b> ib.2.525; κακὰ ῥάπτομεν ἀμφιέποντες Od.3.118; <b class="b3">ὁ ἀμφέπων δαίμων</b> the fortune [[that attends one]], Pi.''P.''3.108.<br><span class="bld">3</span> Med., [[crowd about]], ἀμφὶ δ' ἄρ' αὐτὸν Τρῶες ἕπονθ' Il.11.473 codd.; [[accompany round about]], τινί Q.S.1.47.