I.to throw round, περὶ χαῖρε βαλών having thrown his arms round him, Od.; χέρας π. τινί Eur.; περὶ δ᾽ ὠλένας δέρᾳ βάλοιμι id=Eur.; π. τινὶ δεσμά Aesch.; π. ναῦν περὶ ἕρμα to wreck it on a reef, Thuc.:—Mid. to throw round oneself, put on, c. acc. rei, τεύχεα περιβαλλόμενοι putting on their arms, Od.; π. ἔρυμα, ἕρκος, τείχεα to throw round oneself for defence, Hdt.; c. dupl. acc., τεῖχος περιβάλλεσθαι πόλιν to build a wall round it, id=Hdt.:—in perf. pass. to have a thing put round one, Plat.; περιβεβλημένος τὸ τεῖχος having his wall around him, id=Plat.
2.metaph. to put round a person, i. e. invest him with it, π. τινὶ βασιληίην, τυραννίδα id=Plat., Eur.; δουλείαν Μυκήναις Eur.; π. ἀνανδρίαν τινί, i. e. to make him faint-hearted, id=Eur.
II.reversely, c. dat. rei, to surround, encompass, enclose with, περιβάλλειν βρόχῳ τὸν αὐχένα Hdt.; τινὰ πέπλοις Eur.; π. τινὰ χερσί to embrace, id=Eur.:—metaph., π. τινὰ συμφοραῖς, κακοῖς to involve one in calamities, evils, etc., id=Eur.:—so in Mid. to surround or enclose for oneself, Xen.
2.π. τινὰ χαλκεύματι to put him round the sword, i. e. stab him, Aesch.
III.c. acc. only, to encompass, surround, περιβάλλει με σκότος Eur.; π. τινά to embrace him, Xen.; but also to clothe, NTest.:—Pass., τὸ περιβεβλημένον the space enclosed, enclosure, Hdt.:—Mid., ἤλαυνον περιβαλλόμενοι [τὰ ὑποζύγια] surrounding them, id=Hdt.
2.to fetch a compass round, double, c. acc., ἵπποι περὶ τέρμα βαλοῦσαι Il.; of ships, π. τὸν Ἄθων Hdt., etc.
3.to frequent, be fond of a place, Xen.
IV.Mid. to bring into one's power, aim at, Lat. affectare, as we say "to compass" a thing, π. ἑωυτῷ κέρδεα Hdt.; σωφροσύνης δόξαν π. Xen.:—perf. pass. to have come into possession of a thing, Hdt.
2.to cloke or veil in words, Plat.
