ἀμφιέπω, poet. alsoἀμφέπω(the only form in Trag.):impf.oraor. ἀμφίεπονandἄμφεπον,both in Hom. (v. infr.): poet. Verb only in the tenses cited, and once or twice in Med. : (ἕπω:—
A. go about, be all round, Γ<>́στρην τρίποδος πῦρ ἄμφεπε
Il. 18.348 , Od. 8.437 ; πρύμνην πῦρ ἄμφεπε
Il. 16.124
;ἔερς' ἀμφέπειthe dew (of milk and honey, metaph. of song)crowns[the bowl], Pi. N. 3.78 .
2. beset, press hard,
Il. 11.483 ; so perh. in Od. 3.118 (v. infr. 11.2 ).
II. to be busy about, look after,
ἀμφίεπον τάφον Ἕκτορος
Il. 24.804
, cf. 5.667 ;ἀμφὶ βοὸς ἕπετον κρέα dressedthe meat, 11.776 ;βοῦς, ὄ̈ιν ἀ.,
Od. 8.61 , Il. 24.622 :—do honourorreverence to,
Δάματρα
Pi. O. 6.95