ajmf-hvristo" , on , ( ejrivzw ) contested on both sides, ajmfhvriston e[qhken , i.e. made it a ‘drawn’ race, Il.
ajmfiv, jAMF vI
jAMF vI , Prep. with gen. , dat. , and acc. —Radic. sense, on both sides ( cf. a[mfw , Lat. ambo ), whereas periv properly means all round.
A.
C. GEN.
:
I.
Causal,
about, for, for the sake of
a thing,
ajmfi; gunaikov"
Aesch.
2.
about,
i.e.
concerning
or
of
a thing,
ajmfi; filovthto" ajeivdein
to sing
about
or
of
love, Od.
II.
of Place,
about, around,
ajmfi; th`" povlio"
Hdt.
B.
C. DAT.
:
I.
of Place,
on both sides of, about,
ajmfi; w[moi", sthvqessi
Hom
.; likewise,
ajmfi; peri; sthvqessi
Od.:—then, just like
periv
,
all round,
kreva ajmfi; ojbeloi`" e[peiran
they fixed the meat
round,
i.e.
upon,
the spits, Id.
2.
generally,
about, near, at,
ajmfi; puvlh/si
Il.
II.
about, regarding,
e[ri" ajmfi; mousikh`/
Hdt
.;
for the sake of, for,
ajmfÆ \Elevnh/ mavcesqai
Il.,
etc.
2.
like
Lat.
prae
,
ajmfi; tavrbei, ajmfi; fovbw/
,
prae pavore
, for
very fear,
Aesch.
,
Eur.
C.
C. ACC.
:
I.
of Place,
about, around,
mostly with a sense of motion,
ajmfiv min fa`ro" bavlon
Il.
2.
about, near,
ajmfi; rJeveqra
somewhere by
the banks, Ib.
3.
of persons who are
about
one,
oiJ ajmfi; Privamon
Priam
and his train,
Ib.;
oiJ ajmfi; Xevrxea
his army,
Hdt.
; in
Att.
,
oiJ ajmfi; Prwtagovran
the school of Protagoras or Protagoras himself,
Plat.
4.
klaivein ajmfiv tina
to weep
about
or
for
one, Il.
5.
ei\nai, diatrivbein ajmfiv ti
to be engaged
about
it,
Xen.
II.
as a loose definition of Time,
about,
Pind
.;
ajmfi; Pleiavdwn duvsin
Aesch
.:—so of Number,
Lat.
circiter
,
ajmfi; ta;" dwvdeka muriavda"
about
120,000,
Xen.
D.
W
ITHOUT CASE
, as
Adv.
,
on both sides, about, around.
2.
=
ajmfiv"
A.
II
,
apart,
h.
Hom.
E.
I
N
C
OMPOS.
:
I.
about, on both sides,
as
ajmfivstomo"
, =
divstomo"
.
2.
all round, on all sides,
as
ajmfilambavnw, ajmfilafhv"
.
II.
Causal,
for, for the sake of,
as
ajmfimavcomai
.
ajmfiavzw
ajmfiavzw or ajmfievzw , aor. I hjmfiva±sa , ( ajmfiv ) to clothe, tinav Plut .: metaph. of a grave, o[stea hjmfivasen Anth.
ajmfivalo"
ajmfiv-a±lo" , on , ( a{l" ) sea-girt, of islands, Od., Soph.
2. of Corinth, between two seas, Horaces bimaris, Xen.
jAmfiavrao"
jAmfiavra<Eth>o" , ou , Att. jAmfiavrew" , w , (a choriambus in Trag. ) Amphiaraüs, the Theban seer, Aesch. , etc.
ajmfivasma