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ἀμφιβαίνω

ἀμφιβαίνω, to go about

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ἀμφιβάντʼ aorist active participle neuter nominative plural, aorist active participle neuter vocative plural, aorist active participle neuter accusative plural, aorist active participle masculine accusative singular, aorist active participle masculine dative singular, aorist active participle neuter dative singular, aorist active participle masculine nominative dual, aorist active participle masculine vocative dual, aorist active participle masculine accusative dual, aorist active participle neuter nominative dual, aorist active participle neuter vocative dual, aorist active participle neuter accusative dual of ἀμφιβαίνω

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ἀμφιβαίνω, fut. -βήσομαι, etc.:—
  • go about or around, ἠέλιος μέσον οὐρανὸν ἀμφιβεβήκει sun in his course had reached mid-heaven, Il. 8.68.
      • 2 bestride, ἀμφʼ 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 ἀμφιβάντʼ εἶχον μάχης E. Ph. 1406; ὦ μοῖρα . . οἵα με . . ἀμφιβᾶσʼ 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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