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περιχάσκω , aor. 2 περιέχα^νον and pf. περικέχηνα (as if from περιχαίνω, which is post-classical):—
A.open the mouth wide, gape, Hp. Morb.2.26, Phld.Rh.1.194S.
b. open a girdle, Heliod. ap. Orib. 48.58.5 (s.v.l.).
II. close the jaws over, take into the mouth, Arist. HA604b18, D.S.10.18, Dsc.Eup.2.138, Luc.Merc.Cond.3, Ael.NA4.33, Hippiatr.119; π. τὸν ἀέρα snap at the air, of a lion, Ach.Tat. 2.22.
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