I.to dress, clothe, wrap up, Pind., Plut.; ἔπηξα δ᾽ αὐτὸν εὖ περιστείλας I planted the sword having wrapt it well with earth, i. e. planted it firmly, Soph.
2.to dress or lay out a corpse, Lat. componere, Od., Hdt., attic: simply, to bury, Plat.
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