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περιέπω , impf.
A.περιεῖπονHdt.7.181, X.Mem.2.9.5 : fut. “περιέψωId.Cyr.4.4.12, Luc.Tim.12 : aor. “περιέσπονHdt.1.73, al. ; inf. περισπεῖν ib.115 : fut. Med. “περιέψομαιId.2.115 : aor. Pass. “περιεφθῆναιId.5.1 (not in correct Att. Prose) :—treat, handle, whether well or ill, usu. with an Adv. or some modal word to determine the sense:
1. in good sense, π. εὖ τινα treat him well, Hdt.1.73, etc.; “κροκόδειλον . . π. ὡς κάλλισταId.2.69 ; “π. τινὰ ταῖς μεγίσταις τιμαῖςX.Smp.8.38; “π. τινὰ ὡς εὐεργέτην καὶ φίλον, οὐχ ὡς δοῦλονId.Cyr.4.4.12 : without any modal word, treat with respect or honour, Id.Mem.2.9.5, D.H. 8.45, Plu.Num.3, Anon.Incred.17; “τὰ ἀγάλματα τῶν θεῶνPorph. Marc.17; “ἐπήνεις καὶ περιεῖπες αὐτόνArr.Epict.3.23.14.
3. abs., in part., with uigilance, Plb.4.10.5.—The synon. ἀμφιέπω is poet.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (15):
    • Herodotus, Histories, 1.114
    • Herodotus, Histories, 1.73
    • Herodotus, Histories, 2.115
    • Herodotus, Histories, 2.69
    • Herodotus, Histories, 5.1
    • Herodotus, Histories, 7.149
    • Herodotus, Histories, 7.181
    • Xenophon, Cyropaedia, 4.4.12
    • Xenophon, Hellenica, 3.1.16
    • Xenophon, Memorabilia, 2.9.5
    • Xenophon, Symposium, 8.38
    • Polybius, Histories, 4.10.5
    • Plutarch, Numa, 3
    • Lucian, Timon, 12
    • Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, 8.45
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