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ἀμφί

ἀμφί, ἀμφί, around, associated with (a person), occupied with (a task) (+ acc.)

ἀμφί, Prep. with gen., dat., acc.: (cf. Skt. abhitas ‘on both sides’, Lat. ambi-):—radic. sense, on both sides; chiefly Poet. and Ion. Prose, replaced by περί in later Gk.
  • A C. GEN. (Poet., Hdt., X.):
    • I causal, about, for the sake of, ἀ. πίδακος μάχεσθαι fight for the possession of a spring, Il. 16.285; ἀ. γυναικός Pi. P. 9.105, A. Ag. 62; ἀ. λέκτρων E. Andr. 123: like πρός, in entreaties, πρὸς Ζηνός . . Φοίβου τʼ ἀ. for Phoebus’ sake, A.R. 2.216.
      • 2 about, concerning, once in Hom., ἀμφʼ Ἄρεος φιλότητος ἀείδειν sing of love, Od. 8.267; ἀμφὶ τιμῆς h.Merc. 172 (cf. C 4); once in Hdt., ἀμφὶ κρίσιος (as v.l. for κρίσι) μνηστήρων τοσαῦτα ἐγένετο 6.131; more freq. in poets, ἀ. δαιμόνων Pi. O. 1.35, cf. A. Th. 1017, E. Supp. 642, etc.; prob. l. in S. Ph. 554.
    • II of Place, about, around, post-Hom., ἀ. ταύτης τῆς πόλιος Hdt. 8.104; τὸν ἀ. Λίμνας τρόχον E. Hipp. 1133.
  • B C. DAT. (Poet., Ion. and later Prose):
    • I of Place, on both sides of, ἀμφʼ ὀχέεσσι Il. 5.723; ἀ. κεφαλῇ, ὤμοισιν, στήθεσσι, ποσσί, about the head, etc., ib. 24.163, 3.328, Od. 16.174, Il. 13.36; ἄ. δέρᾳ Sapph. 94.16 L.-P.; ἀμφί οἱ around him, Il. 12.396; μοι ἀμφʼ αὐτῷ around me, 9.470; likewise ἀμφὶ περὶ στήθεσσι Od. 11.609:—all round, κρέα ἀμφʼ ὀβελοῖσι μεμύκει round, i.e. upon, spits, ib. 12.395; πεπαρμένη ἀμφʼ ὀνύχεσσι Hes. Op. 250.
      • 2 more generally, at, by, ἀ. πύλῃσι μάχεσθαι at the gates, Il. 12.175; ἀμφὶ [κόρυθι] διατρυφέν smashed on the helmet, 3.362; ἀ. πυρί on the fire, 18.344; ἀμφʼ ἐμοί clinging to me, Od. 11.423; esp. of falling over one, Il. 4.493; of a guardian, over, φύλακα ἀ. σοι λείψω S. Aj. 562; ἀ. γούνασι πίπτειν E. Alc. 947.
    • II of Time, ἁλίῳ ἀ. ἑνί in compass of one day, Pi. O. 13.37.
    • III generally, of connexion or association, without distinct notion of place, ἀ. νεκροῖσιν as concerning the dead, Il. 7.408; freq. in Pi., ὅσσα δʼ ἀμφʼ ἀέθλοις as far as concerns games, N. 2.17; ἐπʼ ἔργοισιν ἀ. τε βουλαῖς in deeds and counsels, Id. P. 5.119; in virtue of, ἀμφὶ σοφίᾳ 1.12; ἐμᾷ ἀ. μαχανᾷ 8.34; ἀμφʼ ἀρετᾷ 1.80, cf. O. 8.42; σέο ἀμφὶ τρόπῳ N. 1.29; ἀ. ἰατορίᾳ in respect of healing, B. 1.39.
    • IV causal, about, for the sake of, ἀμφʼ Ἑλένῃ μάχεσθαι Il. 3.70; ἀ. γυναικὶ ἄλγεα πάσχειν ib. 157, cf. Luc. D.Iud. 14 [was DDeor 20.14]; ἀ. τοῖσδε καλχαίνων τέκνοις E. Heracl. 40, cf. Rh. 457 (lyr.); ἀ. δώλῳ μωλίειν Leg.Gort. 1.17; concerning, Od. 1.48; εἰπὼν ἀμφʼ Ὀδυσῆϊ 14.364; ἀρνεύμενον ἀ. βόεσσι h.Merc. 390; ἀ. Τειρεσίαο βουλαῖς Pi. I. 7(6).8; ἕξετʼ ἀμφʼ ἐμοὶ τροφήν S. OC 1614, cf. El. 1144; ἔρις ἀ. μουσικῇ Hdt. 6.129; ἀ. σοι A. Ag. 890; ἀ. τῷ θανάτῳ αὐτῆς λόγος λέγεται about her death it is reported, Hdt. 3.32, cf. S. Aj. 303; ἀ. βοῶν ἀγέλαις δόμον αὔξειν B. 9.44.
      • 2 of impulses, ἀ. τάρβει, ἀ. φόβῳ for very fear, A. Ch. 547, E. Or. 825; ἀ. θυμῷ S. Fr. 565; ἀμφʼ ὀδύνῃ A.R. 2.96.
    • V like ἐπί, added to, πόνος ἀ. πόνῳ Simon. 39.
  • C C. ACC., most freq. in Prose (twice only in Th.):
    • I of Place, about, around, mostly with a sense of motion, ἀ. μιν φᾶρος βάλον Il. 24.588, cf. Od. 10.365; ἀ. βωμίαν ἔπτηξε παστάδα E. HF 984.
      • 2 generally, by, on, ἀμφʼ ἅλα by the sea, Il. 1.409; ἀ. ῥέεθρα somewhere by the banks, 2.461; ἀ. περὶ κρήνην somewhere about the fountain, 2.305; ἀ. ἄστυ all about in the city, 11.706; Τάρταρον ἀ. μέγαν somewhere in Tartarus, h.Ap. 336, cf. A. Pr. 1029; ἀ. Εὔβοιαν B. 9.34; ἀ. Θρῄκην E. Andr. 215; ἀ. ψάμαθον somewhere on the sand, S. Aj. 1064; ἀ. βωμόν at the altar, E. IT 705; περὶ πίδακας ἀ. Theoc. 7.142; of motion, to the neighbourhood of, ἦλθες ἀ. Δωδώνην A. Pr. 830.
      • 3 of persons grouped about one, οἱ ἀ. Πρίαμον Priam and his train, Il. 3.146, cf. 2.417, 445; οἱ ἀ. Ξέρξεα his army, Hdt. 8.25; but οἱ ἀ. Κορινθίους, οἱ ἀ. Μεγαρέας καὶ Φλειασίους the Corinthians, Megarians, etc., and those next them, Id. 9.69: hence Att., οἱ ἀ. Πρωταγόραν the school of Protagoras or even Protagoras himself, Pl. Tht. 170c; οἱ ἀ. Εὐθύφρονα Euthyphroʼs friends, Cra. 399e, cf. Th. 8.65; of a single person, perh. Pl. Hp.Ma. 281c; so in later Prose, as Luc. VH 2.18.
      • 4 τὰ ἀ. τι that which concerns a thing, τὰ ἀ. τὸ ἄριστον Th. 7.40; τὰ ἀ. τὴν δίαιταν domestic arrangements, X. Cyr. 8.2.6.
      • 5 causal, about, for the sake of, κλαίειν ἀ. τινα weep about or for one, Il. 18.339; μνήσασθαι ἀ. τινα make mention of one, h.Hom. 7.1, cf. Terp. 2, Ar. Nu. 595; κελαδέοντι φᾶμαι ἀ. Κινύραν Pi. P. 2.15, cf. I. 7(6).9, A. Th. 843; ἀ. νιν γοώμενος S. Tr. 937.
      • 6 ἀ. τι ἔχειν to be occupied about a thing, ἀ. λιτάνʼ ἕξομεν A. Th. 101; ἀ. δεῖπνον εἶχεν X. Cyr. 5.5.44, cf. 5.2.26; εἶναι ἀμφί τι 7.1.1; ἀ. τὰν δαῖσιν Leg.Gort. 5.46.
    • II of Time, throughout, for, τὸν λοιπὸν ἀ. βίοτον, τὸν ὅλον ἀ. χρόνον, Pi. O. 1.97, 2.30; about, at the time of, during, ἀ. Πλειάδων δύσιν A. Ag. 826; ἀ. τὸν χειμῶνα X. Cyr. 8.6.22, etc.
      • 2 of Number, ἀ. τὰς δώδεκα μυριάδας about 120,000, ib. 1.2.15.
  • D POSITION. In poets ἀμφί sts. follows its case, οἱ δέ μιν ἀμφί Od. 23.46, cf. 10.218, B. 17.53; φρένας ἀ. Hes. Th. 554, Mimn. 1.7; but never suffers anastrophe, Hdn.Gr. 1.480.
  • E WITHOUT CASE, as Adv., about, around, on both or all sides, freq. in Ep., ῥῆξεν δέ οἱ ἀ. χιτῶνα Il. 13.439; ἀ. δὲ λειμών around is meadow, Od. 6.292; so ἀ. περί Il. 21.10, etc.
    • F IN COMPOS.:
    • I on both sides, ἀμφίστομος, ἀμφίαλος.
      • 2 on all sides, ἀμφιβάλλω 1.3, ἀμφιλαμβάνω, ἀμφιλαφής.
    • II causal, for the sake of, ἀμφιμάχομαι, ἀμφιτρομέω.

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