ἀμφιβαίνω,fut. -βήσομαι,etc.:—
A. go aboutoraround, ἠέλιος μέσον οὐρανὸν ἀμφιβεβήκειsunin his course had reachedmid-heaven, Il. 8.68 .
2. bestride, ἀμφ' ἑνὶ δούρατι βαῖνε he bestrodea beam, Od. 5.371 , ἵππον ἀ.
Call. Del. 113
;ἀ. θηλείαις,of a cock, Babr. 5.8 : esp.,
3. bestridea fallen friend,so as to protecthim, ἀμφὶ κασιγνήτῳ βεβαώς
Il. 14.477
: hence,
b. of tutelary deities,guard, protect, Χρύσην ἀμφιβέβηκαςib. 1.37 ; δαίμονες ἀμφιβάντες πόλιν
A. Th. 175
:—so, of a wild beast,guardits young, Opp. C. 3.218 ; or its prey, X Cyn. 10.13 .
II. surround, encompass,c. acc., νεφέλη σκόπελον ἀμφιβέβηκε
Od. 12.74
; σὲ πόνος φρένας ἀμφιβέβηκεν