A.encompass, surround, enclose, Arist.MM1187a3, Mu.395b18, Thphr.HP1.11.1; include, A.D.Adv.124.22; garrison, “τὸ βασίλειον τῷ μαχιμωτάτῳ” J.AJ17.10.3:—Pass., to be embraced, encompassed, Arist.Mu.392a9, Ph.1.385; to be contained, included in, “λόφος -εχόμενος τῇ πόλει” D.H.10.31; “τῷ κόσμῳ” Ocell.1.8: abs., Id.3.2: metaph., to be contained or involved in, “ἔν τινι” Plb.9.32.4, Corn.ND26; “καθ᾽ ἑκάστην ἰδέαν” Longin.8.1.
2. Astrol., blockade, Vett.Val.268.20.