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ἀμφίβληστρον

Etym. ἀμφιβάλλω

"anything thrown round":

I. "a casting-net", Hes., Hdt.:—metaph. of "the garment thrown like a net over" Agamemnon, Aesch.

II. "a fetter, bond", id=Aesch.

III. of walls, "encompassment" of city-walls, Eur.