περικρᾰτ-έω,
have full command of: hold fast, βέλος χειρί [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐν κεφαλη—ͅ τρωμάτων” 11: with _genitive_, εὐγενείας 2nd-3rd c.AD: Hermes Trismegistus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 1.49.44. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 lord it over, Ἑλλάδος Σφίγγα περικρατοῦσαν [[ “Carmina Popularia” 46.24, compare 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus cited in 6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Aristotelis Categorias commentarium - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 375.17 ] Refs 4th c.AD+]; preuail over, ἐχθρῶν [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.383 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; controi, π. τῶν παθῶν ὁ λογισμός [[ LXX.4Mac.1.9; ἄνθρωποι π. πάντων 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 11.3.4 ] LXX+1st c.AD+]; προσώπου, of an actor, [[ 6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Epictetum commentaria” p.125 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; master with the mind, θεωρημάτων [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.105, compare “PGnom.Praef.” (2nd c.AD), “Theologumena Arithmeticae” 59: _absolutely_, variant in 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.526f] Refs 1st c.AD+]:— passive, to be mastered, cured, of a disease, [[ 2nd c.AD: Archigenes Medicus cited in 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 9.40. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]