I.to take off something that surrounds, take off an outer coat, take away, strip off, τὰ τείχη Hdt., Thuc.; π. τὸν κέραμον taking off the earthen jar into which the gold had been run, Hdt.:—Mid. to take off from oneself, π. τὴν κυνέην to take off one's helmet, Hdt.; βιβλίον περιαιρεόμενος taking [the cover] off the letter, i. e. opening it, id=Hdt.:—but Mid. often just like Act. to strip off, take away, Xen., Plat.:—Pass. to be taken off, τοῦ ἄλλου περιῃρημένου when the rest has been taken away, Thuc.
II.Pass. also c. acc. rei, to be stript of a thing, περιῃρημένοι χρήματα καὶ συμμάχους Dem.; τοὺς στεφάνους περιῄρηνται id=Dem.
