A.“ἀμφέχετο” A.R.1.324; also ἀμπ-ίσχω E. Hipp.192, Supp.165: Ep. impf. “ἄμπεχον” Od.6.225 (late “ἄμφεχον” Q.S. 3.6, 5.106): fut. “ἀμφέξω” E.Cyc.344: aor. 2 “ἤμπεσχον” Ar.Lys.1156, etc.:—Med., “ἀμπέχομαι” Ar. (v. infr.11.2); “ἀμπίσχομαι” E.Hel.422, 3pl. “ἀμπισχνοῦνται” Ar.Av.1090: impf. “ἠμπειχόμην” Pl.Phd.87b, Ep. “ἀμφεχόμην” A.R.1.324: fut. “ἀμφέξομαι” Pherecr.7 D., Philetaer.19: aor. 2 “ἠμπεσχόμην” E.Med.1159, Ar.Th.165, 2sg. subj. “ἀμπίσχῃ” E.IA 1439, part. “ἀμπισχόμενος” Ar.V.1150.—The aor. forms, ἀμπισχεῖν, ἀμπισχών, are sts. falsely written (as if pres.) ἀμπίσχειν, ἀμπίσχων:
I. surround, cover, enclose, “ἅλμη οἱ νῶτα ἄμπεχεν” Od.6.225; “κυνῆ πρόσωπα Θεσσαλίς νιν ἀμπέχει” S.OC314, cf. A.l.c.: metaph., ἀ. τινὰ σμικρότητι invest one with . . , Pl.Prt.320e: abs., σκότος ἀμπίσχων surrounding darkness, E.Hipp.192; κρυπτὸν ἀμπισχὼν δόρυ, of the wooden horse, Id.Tr.12; “τὰ ἀμπέχοντα ὑμένια” Aret.SA 2.2.
2. embrace. “γόνυ σὸν ἀμπίσχειν χερί” E.Supp.165.
II. put round, esp. put clothes and the like on another, c. dupl. acc., “κρίβανόν μ᾽ ἀμπίσχετε” Ar.V.1153, cf. Ra.1063, Lys.1156: with prep., τοίχοισιν δ᾽ ἔπι ἤμπισχεν . . ὑφάσματα put them all over . . , E.Ion1159: metaph., “ἡ βασιλικὴ τέχνη δούλους καὶ ἐλευθέρους ἀμπίσχουσα” Pl.Plt. 311c.
2. Med., put round oneself, put on, “πέπλους” E.Med.1159; wear, “τὸ τῆς γυναικὸς ἀμπέχει χιτώνιον” Ar.Ec.374; λευκὸν ἀμπέχει;; do you wear a white cloak? Id.Ach.1023; “χλαίνας οὐκ ἀμπις χνοῦνται” Id.Av.1090; καλῶς ἠμπίσχετο was well dressed, Id.Th.165; “ἐπ᾽ ἀριστερὰ ἀ.” Id.Av.1567; ἀμπεχόμενοι with their cloaks on, opp. γυμνοί (cf. “γυμνός” 1.5), Pl.Grg.523c, Arist.Pr.867a19; ἄνω τοῦ γόνατος ἀ. wear a tunic not reaching to the knee, Philetaer.l.c.; περιττῶς ἀ. to be gorgeously dressed, Plu.Demetr.41: c. dat., clothe or cover one-self with (v. ἔκβολος), E.Hel.422.
