- ἀμφιβαίνω
- ἀμφιβαίνω, [tense] fut. -βήσομαι, etc.:—A go about or around, ἠέλιος μέσον οὐρανὸν ἀμφιβεβήκει sun in his course had reached mid-heaven, Il.8.68.2 bestride, ἀμφ' ἑνὶ δούρατι βαῖνε he bestrode a beam, Od.5.371,
ἵππον ἀ. Call.Del.113
; ἀ. θηλείαις, of a cock, Babr.5.8: esp.,3 bestride a fallen friend, so as to protect him,ἀμφὶ κασιγνήτῳ βεβαώς Il. 14.477
: hence,b of tutelary deities, guard, protect, Χρύσην ἀμφιβέβηκας ib.1.37;δαίμονες ἀμφιβάντες πόλιν A.Th.175
:—so, of a wild beast, guard its young, Opp.C.3.218; or its prey, X Cyn.10.13.II surround, encompass, c. acc.,νεφέλη σκόπελον ἀμφιβέβηκε Od.12.74
;σὲ πόνος φρένας ἀμφιβέβηκεν Il.6.355
, cf. Od.8.541;ταραγμὸν ἀμφιβάντ' εἶχον μάχης E.Ph.1406
;ὦ μοῖρα . . οἵα με . . ἀμφιβᾶσ' ἔχεις Id.Andr.1082
: c. dat.,Τρώων νέφος ἀμφιβέβηκε νηυσίν Il.16.66
; ἀ. ἀμφί τι, of a slit bandage which embraces a tender part without pressing on it, Hp.Art.33.2 metaph.,τόδε μοι θράσος ἀμφιβαίνει E.Supp.609
; ἀμφιβᾶσα φλὸξ οἴνου, metaph. from flame spreading round a vessel on the fire, Alc.758.
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