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προκα^λύπτω ,
A.hang before or put over as a covering, “παραπετάσματα” Aen.Tact.32.9:—Med., put over oneself as a screen or cloak, πέπλων . . προὐκαλύπτετ᾽ εὐπήνους ὑφάς (nisi leg. προὐκάλυπτεν) E.IT 312; οὐ προκαλυπτομένα [τι] παρηΐδος putting no veil over one's face, Id.Ph.1485 (lyr.): metaph., “π. ποίησιν” Pl.Prt.316d; “π. δόξαν μετ ριότητος” Chio Ep.15.1:—pf. Med., πρὸ τῆς ψυχῆς . . ὅλον τὸ σῶμα προκεκαλυμμένοι having it put as a screen, Pl.Grg.523d.
II. cover over, “ἥλιον νεφέλη π.” X.An.3.4.8 (ἥλιος νεφέλην π. codd.):—Med., προὐκαλύψατ᾽ ὄμματα veiled her eyes, E.Med.1147:—Pass., to be covered, X.Cyr.5.4.45.
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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