a. Obs. [f. Gr. ἀμφιδρομία, f. ἀμφίδρομος running about or around + -ICAL.] Pertaining to the ancient Amphidromia (‘an Attic festival at the naming of a child, so called because the parents’ friends carried it round the hearth, and then gave it its name.’ Liddell and Scott).
1658. Sir T. Browne, Gard. Cyrus, II. 561. At the Amphidromicall Feasts, on the fifth day after the Childe was born, presents were sent from friends.
1681. Blount, Glossogr., Amphidromical, pertaining to the fifth day from the birth, when the child was purified, by carrying it round the fire, and having its name given.
