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περίκειμαι , inf. -κεῖσθαι : fut. -κείσομαι : —used as Pass. of περιτίθημι,
2. metaph., οὐδέ τί μοι περίκειται there is no advantage for me, I have nought laid by, Il.9.321.
b. οἱ περικείμενοί τινι his supporters, POxy.1408.24 (iii A. D.).
II. c. acc. rei, have round one, wear, mostly in part., [“τελαμῶνας] περὶ τοῖσι αὐχέσι περικείμενοιHdt. 1.171, cf. OGI56.67 (Canopus, iii B.C.) ; τιάρας π. Str.15.3.15 ; “στεφάνουςPlu.Arat.17; “πτέρυγαLuc.Icar.14 ; “προσωπεῖονId.Nigr.11, Aesop.360 ; στρατιωτικὴν δύναμιν π invested with . . , Plu.Pomp.51 ; ὕβριν π. clad in arrogance, Theoc.23.14 (s. v.l.): rarely in other moods, περίκεισο ἄνθεα have garlands put round thee, AP11.38 (Polem.) ; περιέκειτο ξίφος, σχῆμα βασιλικόν, Hdn.3.5.7, 5.4.7 ; “τὴν ἅλυσιν ταύτην περίκειμαιAct.Ap.28.20 ; “περίκειται ἀσθένειανEp.Hebr. 5.2.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (14):
    • Herodotus, Histories, 1.171
    • Homer, Iliad, 19.4
    • Homer, Iliad, 9.321
    • Homer, Odyssey, 21.54
    • New Testament, Acts, 28.20
    • New Testament, Hebrews, 5.2
    • Strabo, Geography, 15.3.15
    • Xenophon, On the Art of Horsemanship, 5.3
    • Thucydides, Histories, 2.13
    • Plutarch, Aratus, 17
    • Plutarch, Dion, 56
    • Plutarch, Pompey, 51
    • Lucian, Icaromenippus, 14
    • Lucian, De astrologia, 3
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