ἀμφαφάω

ἀμφαφάω,

• touch or feel all round, κοῖλον λόχον ἀμφαφόωσα Od. 4.277; καί κʼ ἀλαὸς . . διακρίνειε τὸ σῆμα ἀμφαφόων by feeling it, 8.196; handle, τόξον ἐΰξοον ἀμφαφόωντας 19.586; 2 sg. ἀμφαφάεις Orph. L. 528; Ep. impf. ἀμφαφάασκε Mosch. 2.95:—also Med. like Act., τὸν μὲν . . χείρεσιν ἀμφαφόωντο Od. 15.461, cf. 19.475; τόξον οἶδα . . ἀμφαφάασθαι (Ep. inf.) 8.215.
• • • 2 of persons, μαλακώτερος ἀμφαφάασθαι easier to deal with, Il. 22.373.—Ep. Verb used by Aret. in forms -όωσι SD 2.4, CA 1.1; -όωντα ib. 2.4; cf. ἀμφαφᾷς· ψηλαφᾷς, Hsch.

ἀμφαφάω, ringsum betasten, ψηλαφᾶν ; handhaben, μεταχειρίζεσθαι ; Hom. Od. 8.196 καί κʼ ἀλαός τοι διακρίνειε τὸ σῆμα ἀμφαφόων, 4.277 κοῖλον λόχον ἀμφαφόωσα, 19.586 πρὶν τούτους τόδε τόξον ἐΰξοον ἀμφαφόωντας νευρήν τʼ ἐντανύσαι διοϊστεῦσαί τε σιδήρου ; med. homerisch im Sinne des activ. Od. 8.215 εὖ μὲν τόξον οἶδα ἐΰξοον ἀμφαφάασθαι, 15.462 τὸν μὲν (ὅρμον) – χερσίν τʼ ἀμφαφόωντο καὶ ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ὁρῶντο, 19.475 πρὶν πάντα ἄνακτʼ ἐμὸν ἀμφαφάασθαι, Il. 22.373 ἦ μάλα δη μαλακώτερος ἀμφαφάασθαι Ἕκτωρ ἢ ὅτε νῆας ἐνέπρησεν. Inderselben Bdtg homerisch das simpl. Il. 6.322 τὸν δʼ εὗρʼ ἐν θαλάμῳ περικαλλέα τεύχεʼ ἕποντα, ἀσπίδα καὶ θώρηκα καὶ ἀγκύλα τόξʼ ἁφόωντα, Scholl. Nicanor. βραχὺ διασταλτέον ἐπὶ τὸ θώρηκα· πρεπωδέστερον γὰρ ἐπὶ τοῦ τόξου τὸ ἁφόωντα ; vgl. Apoll. Lex.Hom. 26.5. – Ap.Rh. u. sp.D.

†ἀμφαφάω

[ἀμφ-, ἀμφι- 3.]

Pres. pple. ἀμφαφόων Od. 8.196.

Acc. pl. ἀμφαφόωντας Od. 19.586.

Fem. ἀμφαφόωσα Od. 4.277.

3 pl. impf. mid. ἀμφαφόωντο Od. 15.462.

Infin. ἀμφαφάασθαι Il. 22.373: Od. 8.215, Od. 19.475.

• • 1

    To put the hands round, handle.

    In mid.: [ὅρμον] ἀμφαφόωντο Od. 15.462. Cf. Od. 19.475.

    So μαλακώτερος ἀμφαφάασθαι (easier to deal with) Il. 22.373.

    To handle and use: τόξον Od. 19.586.

    In mid. Od. 8.215.

  • 2

    To put the hands on in passing round: κοῖλον λόχον (the wooden horse) Od. 4.277.

  • 3

    Absol., to feel about with the hands Od. 8.196.

ἀμφαφάω , part. ἀμφαφόων, -όωσα, mid. inf. -άασθαι, ipf. -όωντο: feel about, handle, esp. to test or examine something; τρὶς δὲ περίστειξας κοῖλον λόχον ἀμφαφόωσα (Helen walks around the Trojan horse and ‘feels over’ it, while the Greeks are concealed within), Od. 4.277; of examining a necklace, χερσίν τʼ ἀμφαφόωντο, Od. 15.462.

ἀμφαφάω

• • • 1to touch or feel all round, to handle, Hom.; so in Mid., Od.
    • 2μαλακώτερος ἀμφαφάασθαι easier to deal with, manage, Il.