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περιβόλ-αιον , τό, (περιβάλλω)
A.that which is thrown round, covering, θανάτου περιβόλαια corpse-clothes, E.HF549 ; σαρκὸς π. ἡβῶντα youthful incasements of flesh, i.e. youth, manhood, ib.1269, cf. PStrassb.91.9 (i B. C.) ; freq. in LXX, De.22.12, al. (metaph., “π. χαλκοῦν ἰσχύς σουJe.15.12); woman's headgear, 1 Ep.Cor.11.15; covering for the feet, Plu.Arat.43; chariot-cover, Id.Alex.67; bedcover, Gal.18(1).103; padding, περιβόλαια σπληνῶν ib.(2).381 ; dressing-gown, warm wrap, Herod.Med. ap. Orib.10.18.13, Archig. ap. Gal.13.264.
II. = περίβολος 11.2, CIG4590 (Palestine).
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Euripides, Heracles, 1269
    • Euripides, Heracles, 549
    • New Testament, 1 Corinthians, 11.15
    • Old Testament, Deuteronomy, 22.12
    • Old Testament, Jeremiah, 15.12
    • Plutarch, Aratus, 43
    • Plutarch, Alexander, 67
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