Etym.: Forms such as a)mfi/epon or a)/mfepon could be interpreted as either imperfect or as second aorist.

Sense

1. to go about, be all round, encompass
2. to be busy about, look after, to do honour or reverence to
3. to tend, to guard, protect
4. to court
5. with good heed, heedfully, carefully
6. to follow and crowd round

Examples

• σὲ δ’, ὦ τέκνον, καὶ γάμοισι δὴ κλύω ζυγέντα παιδοποιὸν ἁδονὰν ξένοισιν ἐν δόμοισ ἔχειν ξένον τε κῆδοσ ἀμφέπειν, ἄλαστα ματρὶ τᾷδε Λα‐ ίῳ τε τῷ παλαιγενεῖ, γάμων ἐπακτὸν ἄταν. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode, lyric 2:3)
• μάλα δ’ ἐθέλοντι σύμπειρον ἀγωνίᾳ θυμὸν ἀμφέπειν. (Pindar, Odes, nemean odes, nemean 7 3:2)
• τοῦ μὲν ἀντίθεοι ἀρίστευον υἱέεσ υἱέων τ’ ἀρηί̈φιλοι παῖδεσ ἀνορέᾳ χάλκεον στονόεντ’ ἀμφέπειν ὅμαδον· (Pindar, Odes, isthmian odes, isthmian 8 8:1)
• καὶ μή με πλούτου τοῦ παρόντοσ εἴ τινεσ δόλοισι βουλεύουσιν ἐκβαλεῖν, ἐφῇσ, ἀλλ’ ὧδέ μ’ αἰεὶ ζῶσαν ἀβλαβεῖ βίῳ δόμουσ Ἀτρειδῶν σκῆπτρά τ’ ἀμφέπειν τάδε, φίλοισί τε ξυνοῦσαν οἷσ ξύνειμι νῦν εὐημεροῦσαν καὶ τέκνων ὅσων ἐμοὶ δύσνοια μὴ πρόσεστιν ἢ λύπη πικρά. (Sophocles, episode 4:7)

Similar forms

• ἀμφιέσματα (4)
• ἀμφιέσασα (3)
• ἀμφιέπει (3)
• ἀμφιέσας (3)
• ἀμφίεπον (3)
• ἀμφιέσαντο (3)
• ἀμφιέπων (2)
• ἀμφιέπωσιν (2)
• ἀμφιέσω (2)
• ἀμφιέπειν (1)
• ἀμφιέσομαι (1)
• ἀμφιεννὺς (1)
• ἀμφίέπουσα (1)
• ἀμφιέπεσκε (1)
• ἀμφιέσαιμι (1)
• ἀμφιέζειν (1)
• ἀμφιέπω (1)
• ἀμφιέποντι (1)
• ἀμφιέπεσκ (1)
• ἀμφιεννύων (1)
• ἀμφιέπουσι (1)
• ἀμφιέσασθε (1)
• αμφιέζουσι (1)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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