I.to throw or put round: of clothes, to put them on a person, Lat. circumdare, c. dupl. acc. pers. et rei, ἀμφὶ δέ χλαῖναν βάλεν Od.; also c. dat. pers., ἀμφὶ δέ μοι ῥάκος βάλον Il.:—Mid. to put round oneself, put round one, put on, Od.
2.ἀμφιβαλὼν θάλαμον having thrown a chamber over him, id=Od.; ζυγὸν Ἑλλάδι ἀμφ. Aesch.:—Mid., λευκὴν ἀμφιβάλλομαι τρίχα I put on, get white hair, Soph.
3.for the Mid. the Act. is sometimes used, κρατερὸν μένος ἀμφιβαλόντες [ἑαυτοῖς] Il.
II.to throw the arms round, to embrace, c. dat. pers., Od.
III.also, c. acc. pers. to embrace, Eur.