περι-σπάω,fut.
A.
-σπάσω
D.S. 20.3
, A.D. Pron. 87.15 :—draw off from around, strip off, Isoc. Ep. 9.10 ;τὸ χλαμύδιον αὑτοῦ π. D.S. 19.9 , etc.:— Med. ,strip oneself of, τὴν τιάραν
X. Cyr. 3.1.13
(so also in Act. , π. τὴν πορφύραν
Plu. Aem. 23
).
2. strip bare,περισπάσας ξίφος(Piersonχερὶ σπάσας) E. IT 296 .
II. wheel about, of a general, Plb. 1.76.5 ; intr. of the troops, Id. 3.116.5 ; esp.wheel twicethrough a right angle, Ascl. Tact. 12.6 ,al. ; of a horse's bit,οὐ πάνυ π. notpullingit violentlyround, Luc. Merc.Cond. 21 .
III. draw offoraway, divert,εἰς τοὐναντίον [τὴν πολιτείαν] Arist. Pol. 1307a24 ; τροφὴν εἰς τὸ περικάρπιον
Thphr. CP 1.16.2
; π. τοὺς Ῥωμαίους