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ἀμφιβάλλω , fut. -βαλῶ, etc.:—Med., Ep. fut.
A.“ἀμφιβαλεῦμαι” Od. 22.103:—throw or put round, used by Hom. mostly in tmesi:
I. of clothes, etc., put them on a person, c. dupl. acc. pers. et rei, “ἀμφὶ δέ με χλαῖναν . . βάλεν ἠδὲ χιτῶνα” Od.10.365, cf. 451; “ἀμφὶ δέ μιν ῥάκος . . βάλεν” 13.434: c. dat. pers., ἀμφὶ δέ μοι ῥάκος . . βάλον v.l. in 14.342; “ἀμφὶ δ᾽ Ἀθήνη ὤμοις . . βάλ᾽ αἰγίδα” Il.18.204; “στολὴν . . ἀμφέβαλλε σῷ κάρᾳ” E.HF465; “γέρας κόμαις” Pi.P.5.32:—Med., put round oneself, “δὸς δὲ ῥάκος ἀμφιβαλέσθαι” Od.6.178, cf. 22.103, etc.; “ἄγραν . . ἀ. πλοκάμοις” E.Ba.104.
b. metaph. and half metaph., τῷ δ᾽ ἐγὼ ἀμφιβαλὼν θάλαμον δέμον I built chamber over him, Od.23.192; “ζυγὸν Ἑλλάδι ἀ.” A.Pers.50, cf. 72; “ἀνδράσι κρατὴρ ὕπνον ἀμφιβάλλῃ” E.Ba. 385; ἐξ ὅτου λευκὴν ἐκ μελαίνης ἀμφιβάλλομαι τρίχα since I have put on white hair, S.Ant.1093; “ἀ. νέφος θανάτου” Simon.99.
c. Act. in med. sense, κρατερὸν μένος ἀμφιβαλόντες [ἑαυτοῖς] 'girding themselves with strength', Il.17.742; δουλοσύναν ἀμφιβαλοῦσα κάρᾳ [ἐμαυτῆς] E.Andr.110: reversely, Med. for Act., “ἀμφιβάλλεσθαι Ἀΐδαν ἐπί τινι” 1191:—Pass., ὕμνος ἀμφιβάλλεται σοφῶν μητίες σι song is cast (like a net) over the minds of poets, Pi.O.1.8.
2. throw the arms round, so as to embrace, c. dat. pers., “ἀμφ᾽ Ὀδυσῆι . . χεῖρε βαλόντε” Od.21.223; “ἀμφὶ δὲ χεῖρας δειρῇ βάλλ᾽ Ὀδυσῆι” 23.208; “ἀμφὶ δὲ παιδὶ . . βάλε πήχεε” 24.347; but ἀμφὶ δὲ χεῖρας βάλλομεν, of seizing or taking prisoner, 4.454; also ἀμφὶ δὲ χεῖρα . . βάλεν ἔγχεϊ grasped it, 21.433; ἀμφὶ δὲ . . βάλε γούνασι χεῖρας, as a suppliant, 7.142.
3. c. acc. pers., encompass, embrace, “ἀμφιβαλόντε ἀλλήλους” Il. 23.97; “ἀ. τινὰ χερσί” E.Ba.1363; “ἀ. μαστὸν ὠλέναισι” Ph.306; “ἀ. μέλη” Supp.70.
4. encompass, beset, “δυσμενὴς ὅρι᾽ ἀμφιβάλλει” B.17.6; “πόλιν φόνῳ” E.Andr.799, cf. Trag.Adesp.127.6(lyr.); ἀ. φῦλον ὀρνίθωνsurround them with nets, S.Ant.344; strike or hit on all sides, “τινὰ βέλεσι” E.HF422.
b. abs., fish (cf. ἀμφίβληστρον), Ev.Marc.1.16, cf. PFlor.2.119.3 (ii A. D.).
c. metaph., “ἀμφὶ κτύπος οὔατα βάλλει” Il.10.535 (unless ἀ. be Adv.).
II. force, move round, τὸ ἄρθρον v.l. for ἀμφισφάλλω (q.v.), Hp.Art.2.
III. doubt, “περί τινος” Plb. 39.5.2: also folld. by inf., Hld.5.17; by ὡς . . Ael.NA9.33; by ὅτι . . Hermog.Id.2.10; “περί τινος” Id.Meth.23.
IV. intr., ἀ. εἰς τόπον go into another place, E.Cyc.60.
2. to be doubtful or in dispute, Arist.EE1243a12,25; ἀμφιβάλλειν εἴωθε τὰ φίλτρα are uncertain in their action, Alciphr.1.37:—Pass., to be in dispute, Simp.in Ph.21.11.
V. Med., change, “μορφήν” Opp.C.3.16.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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