περιχάσκω,aor. 2 περιέχᾰνονandpf. περικέχηνα(as if fromπεριχαίνω, which is post-classical):—
A. open the mouth wide, gape, Hp. Morb. 2.26 , Phld. Rh. 1.194S.
b. opena girdle, Heliod. ap. Orib. 48.58.5 (s.v.l.).
II. close the jaws over, take into the mouth, Arist. HA 604b18 , D.S. 10.18 , Dsc. Eup. 2.138 , Luc. Merc.Cond. 3 , Ael. NA 4.33 , Hippiatr. 119 ;π. τὸν ἀέρα snap atthe air, of a lion, Ach.Tat. 2.22 .