ἀμφίβληστρ-ον, τό,
anything thrown round:
__1 casting-net, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 215, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.141, 2.95; ἀμφιβλήστρῳ περιβάλλεσθαι 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 27, compare 5th c.BC: Strattis Comicus 7, 5th-6th c.BC(?): Epilycus Comicus 1, 3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 95, NT.Matt.4.18. ] NT+8th c.BC+]
__1.b metaphorically, of the garment thrown like a net over Agamemnon, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1382, “Ch.” 492 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the shirt of Nessus, Ἐρινύων ὑφαντὸν ἀ.[[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1052] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀμφίβληστρα σώματος ῥάκη rags thrown around body, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1079. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 fetter, bond, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 81. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 of encircling walls, ἀμφίβληστρα τοίχων[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 96.] Refs 5th c.BC+]