ἀμφίβληστρ-ον,τό,
A. anything thrown round:
1. casting-net,
Hes. Sc. 215 , Hdt. 1.141 , 2.95 ; ἀμφιβλήστρῳ περιβάλλεσθαι
Men. 27
, cf. Stratt. 7 , Epil. 1 , Ph. Bel. 95 , Ev.Matt. 4.18 .
b. metaph., ofthe garment thrown like a net overAgamemnon, A. Ag. 1382 , Ch. 492 ; of the shirt of Nessus, Ἐρινύων ὑφαντὸν ἀ.
S. Tr. 1052
;ἀμφίβληστρα σώματος ῥάκηragsthrown aroundbody, E. Hel. 1079 .
2. fetter, bond,
A. Pr. 81 .
3. ofencirclingwalls, ἀμφίβληστρα τοίχων
E. IT 96
.