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περι-ελίσσω , Att. περί-ττω , Ion. περι-ειλίσσω ,
A.roll or wind round, “τι περί τι” Hdt.8.128, X.Cyn.6.17, IG42(1).122.103 (Epid.); “τί τινι” Hp.Art.80, Aen.Tact. 18.12 :—Med., ἱμάντας περιειλίττονται wind caestus straps round their arms, Pl.Prt.342c:—Pass., to be wound round, “περιελιχθέντα περὶ τὴν γῆν ὥσπερ οἱ ὄφεις” Id.Phd.112d, cf. 113b, 113c ; “οἱ ὄφεις περιελίττονται ἀλλήλοις” Arist.HA540b2 ; “δράκων . . περὶ τὸν ἄξονα περιηλιγμένος” IG42(1).122.71 (Epid.) ; “τριβόλους στιππύῳ περιειλιγμένους” Ph. Bel.95.8.
2. intr., wind about, of a guide, μηδὲν ὑγιὲς στρέφειν καὶ π. Plu.Crass.29 :—Pass., rotale, “ἅρματος ὡς πέρι χνοίη ἑλίσσεται” Emp.46(dub.); of troops, wheel, Arr.Tact.21.3 : so intr. in Act., ib. 39.3.
II. envelop by winding round, of a spider, “περιδεῖ καὶ π. τοῖς ἀραχνίοις” Arist.HA623a14 ; [ὁ ἐλέφας τῷ μυκτῆρι] τὰ δένδρα π. Id.PA 659a1 :—Med. c. dat., ἐπιτίθεται καὶ περιελίττεται (v.l. -ελίττει）“ καὶ τοῖς μείζοσι ζῴοις” Id.HA623a34.
2. construct around, διαδρομὰς ἰχθυοτρόφους τοῖς οἰκητηρίοις π. Plu.Luc.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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (11):
    • Herodotus, Histories, 8.128
    • Plato, Phaedo, 112d
    • Plato, Phaedo, 113c
    • Plato, Phaedo, 113b
    • Plato, Protagoras, 342c
    • Xenophon, On Hunting, 6.17
    • Hippocrates, De articulis, 80
    • Plutarch, Lucullus, 39
    • Plutarch, Crassus, 29
    • Arrian, Tactica, 21.3
    • Arrian, Tactica, 39.3
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