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περιλαμβάνω , fut. -λήψομαι : aor. περιέλα^βον :—
2. encompass or surround an enemy, Hdt.8.7,16, Plb.2.29.5, etc. ; μετεώρους τὰς ναῦς π. intercept them at sea, Th.8.42 ; “χάρακι π. κύκλῳ τὴν πόλινPlb.1.48.10 ; ἐπεὰν δὲ αὐτὸν περιλάβῃς when you get hold of him, catch him, Hdt.5.23 ; πανοικίῃ τινὰ π. Id.8.106; “π. τὸν θῆραPl.Sph.235b; π. τόπον ὑπὸ [διφθέραις] cover it over, Phylarch.41 J.; also of water, “πλείω π. τόπονPlb.4.39.8 :—Pass., to be caught, trapped, “οἴμοι, περιείλημμαι μόνοςAr.Pl.934; τῷ καιρῷ περιληφθέντες constrained by . . , Plb.6.58.6, etc.
3. compass, get possession of, “ἅπαντα τὰ ἐκείνουIs.8.37; “πάντα π. ταῖς ἐλπίσινPlb.8.1.3; acquire an art, Phld.Rh.2.21 S.
4. Geom., enclose a rectangle, Pl.Tht.148a ; of a sphere, contain the regular solids, Id.Ti.33b.
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