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περικατα-λαμβάνω ,
A.embrace, enclose, hem in on all sides, Arist.Pr. 946b38 (Pass.).
2. overtake, “περικαταλαμβάνει γὰρ ὁ νέος [καρπὸς] ἀεὶ τὸν ἔνον” Thphr.HP4.2.5, cf. 3.4.5, 3.16.1, D.S.4.54, 20.74, al.; “θάλασσα π. τοὺς Αἰγυπτίους” J.AJ2.16.3 :—Pass., Archyt.1, J. AJ20.4.1; π. τῇ ὥρᾳ to be overtaken by . . , Thphr.CP 2.81 ; π. ὑπὸ τοῦ ῥεύματος, ὑπὸ τῆς φλογός, Arist.Mu.400b1, Plb.14.4.10 ; περικαταλαμβανόμενος τοῖς καιροῖς compelled by circumstances, Id.16.2.8.
II. intr., περικαταλαβούσης τῆς ὥρας the season having come round or returned, Thphr.Od.39.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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