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place round: in this sense only poet. in Pass. ἀμφίσταμαι, with intr. aor. ἀμφέστην, Ep. 3 pl. ἀμφέσταν, and 3 pl. pf. ἀμφεστᾶσι, stand around, abs., φίλοι δʼ ἀμφέσταν ἑταῖροι Il. 18.233; κλαίων δʼ ἀμφίσταθʼ ὅμιλος 24.712: c. acc., ἀμφὶ δέ σʼ ἔστησαν Od. 24.58; πεδίον ἀμφεστᾶσι πᾶν S. OC 1312, cf. Aj. 724: c. dat., ἀμφίσταμαι τραπέζαις El. 192.
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†ἀμφίστημι [ἀμφ-, ἀμφι- 3.] 3 pl. aor. ἀμφέσταν Il. 18.233, Il. 23.695. 3 sing. impf. mid. ἀμφίστατο Il. 24.712. 3 pl. -αντο Il. 11.733. In aor. and mid., to stand round or about Il. 18.233, Il. 23.695, Il. 24.712. To stand round or about. With acc.: ἄστυ Il. 11.733.
†ἀμφίστημι [ἀμφ-, ἀμφι- 3.] 3 pl. aor. ἀμφέσταν Il. 18.233, Il. 23.695. 3 sing. impf. mid. ἀμφίστατο Il. 24.712. 3 pl. -αντο Il. 11.733. In aor. and mid., to stand round or about Il. 18.233, Il. 23.695, Il. 24.712. To stand round or about. With acc.: ἄστυ Il. 11.733.
ἅπτω Aor. pple. ἅψας Od. 21.408. 3 sing. fut. mid. ἅψεται Od. 19.344. Infin. ἅψεσθαι Od. 9.379. 3 sing. aor. ἥψατο Il. 1.512, Il. 5.799, Il. 15.76, 704. ἅψατο Il. 23.666. 3 dual ἁψάσθην Il. 10.377. Pple. ἁψάμενος, -ου Il. 10.455, Il. 23.584, Il. 24.357, 508: Od. 9.386. Fem. -η Od. 11.278, Od. 19.473. Infin. ἅψασθαι Il. 21.65: Od. 6.169, Od. 19.348, Od. 22.339. (ἀν-, ἐξ-, ἐφ-, καθ-, προτι-.) 1 To fasten Od. 21.408. In mid. Od. 11.278. 2 In mid. a To fasten oneself to; hence, to lay hold of, seize, clasp, touch. With genit.: ἥψατο γούνων Il. 1.512. Cf. Il. 2.152, 171, 358, Il. 5.799, Il. 8.339, Il. 10.377, 455, Il. 15.76, 704, Il. 16.9, 577, Il. 20.468, Il. 21.65, Il. 23.584, 666, Il. 24.357, 508, 712: σίτου Od. 4.60. Cf. Od. 2.423, Od. 6.169, Od. 10.379, Od. 15.288, Od. 19.28, 344, 348, 473, Od. 22.339. Without construction: κύνει ἁπτόμενος ἥν πατρίδα Od. 4.522. Cf. Od. 9.386. b Of missile weapons (as if personified), to seize their object, work mischief: βέλεʼ ἥπτετο Il. 8.67 = Il. 11.85 = Il. 15.319 = Il. 16.778. Cf. Il. 17.631. c To catch fire Od. 9.379.
ὅμιλος -ου, ὁ. 1 An assembly, concourse, company: πολλὸς χορὸν περιίσταθʼ ὁ. Il. 18.603. Cf. Il. 7.183, 186, Il. 22.462, Il. 23.651, 804, 813, Il. 24.712: Od. 1.225, Od. 8.109, Od. 15.328, Od. 16.29, Od. 17.67, 564, 590, Od. 23.303. In dat. ὁμίλῳ, in a body: ἦλθον ὁμίλῳ προτὶ ἄστυ Il. 21.606. Cf. Il. 13.50, 87. In reference to inanimate objects: οὔ τι μεμιγμένον ἐστὶν ὁμίλῳ [σημάτων] (the mass of . . .) Od. 8.196. 2 A throng gathered for or engaged in battle, the battle-throng: ἐρχόμενον προπάροιθεν ὁμίλου Il. 3.22. Cf. Il. 4.86, Il. 5.334, Il. 11.546 (in the direction of his friends), Il. 12.191, Il. 17.149 (to his friends), 471, Il. 19.402, Il. 20.178 (so far forth from the . . .). etc.: Od. 8.216, Od. 11.514. Sim.: μνηστήρων ἐς ὅμιλον ἀκοντίσαι (ἀκόντισαν) Od. 22.263, 282. So of a host in bivouac Il. 10.231, 338, 433, 499, 517, 545. Of a body of men gathered to attack or attacking a beast: λέων ἀνδρῶν ἐν ὁμίλῳ Od. 4.791. Cf. Il. 15.588, Il. 20.173.