ἀμφίβληστρον
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., of the garment thrown like a net over Agamemnon, A. Ag. 1382, Ch. 492; of the shirt of Nessus, Ἐρινύων ὑφαντὸν ἀ. S. Tr. 1052; ἀμφίβληστρα σώματος ῥάκη rags thrown around body, E. Hel. 1079.
2.
fetter, bond, A. Pr. 81.
3.
of encircling walls, ἀμφίβληστρα τοίχων E. IT 96.