Perseus analysis of ἀμφιβέβηκας:

ἀμφιβαίνω (go about): perf ind act 2nd sg

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ἀμφιβαίνω

ἀμφιβαίνω, fut. -βήσομαι, etc.:—

A. go about or around, ἠέλιος μέσον οὐρανὸν ἀμφιβεβήκει sun in his course had reached mid-heaven, Il. 8.68.

2. bestride, ἀμφʼ ἑνὶ δούρατι βαῖνε he bestrode a beam, Od. 5.371, ἵππον ἀ. Call. Del. 113; ἀ. θηλείαις, of a cock, Babr. 5.8: esp.,

3. bestride a fallen friend, so as to protect him, ἀμφὶ κασιγνήτῳ βεβαώς Il. 14.477: hence,

b. of tutelary deities, guard, protect, Χρύσην ἀμφιβέβηκας ib.1.37; δαίμονες ἀμφιβάντες πόλιν A. Th. 175 :—so, of a wild beast, guard its young, Opp. C. 3.218; or its prey, X Cyn. 10.13.

2. metaph., τόδε μοι θράσος ἀμφιβαίνει E. Supp. 609; ἀμφιβᾶσα φλὸξ οἴνου, metaph. from flame spreading round a vessel on the fire, Alc. 758.