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περιδίδομαι 1 Mid. of περιδίδωμι, which does not occur

to stake or wager, c. gen. rei (i. e. pretii), τρίποδος περιδώμεθα ἠὲ λέβητος let us make a wager of a tripod, i. e. let us wager a tripod (to be paid by the loser), Il.; ἐμέθεν περιδώσομαι αὐτῆς I will wager for myself, i. e. pledge myself, Od.; π. πότερον to lay a wager whether, Ar.; so, περιδίδομαι περὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς I stake my head, id=Ar.; c. dat. pers. added, περίδου μοι περὶ θυματιδᾶν ἁλῶν have a wager with me for a little thyme-salt, id=Ar.; περίδου νῦν ἐμοί id=Ar.

1 Mid. of περιδίδωμι

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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