περιαιρ-έω,
aorist περιεῖλον [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.159, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—take away something that surrounds, strip off, remove, with accusative of things, τεῖχος Hdt.[same place],[[ compare 6.46, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.108, 4.51, 133 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τὸν κέραμον taking off the earthen jar into which the gold had been run, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.96; π. τὸν χιτῶνα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 557b20 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δέρματα σωμάτων π. strip skins off from.., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 288e; αὐτοῦ τὰ κοινὰ πάντα περιελόντες [prev. author] “Sph.” 264e; π. τινὰ αὐτοῦ τῆς ἐξουσίας 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 3.11.3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; simply, take away from, τῶν πολεμικῶν τὸ μελετᾶν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.21, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, take off from oneself, π. τὴν κυνέην, τὴν σφρηγῖδα, take off one's helmet, one's signet-ring, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.151, 3.41; τὰς ταινίας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 213a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; βυβλίον περιαιρεόμενος taking [the cover] off one's letter, i. e. opening it, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.128; π. τὴν ἐξουσίαν τῆς ἀπολογίας αὑτοῦ 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 35 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: but middle is frequently used like active, strip off, take away, τὸ περιελέσθαι αὐτῶν τὰ ὅπλα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.1.47; εἴ τις περιελοιτο τῆς ποιήσεως τὸ μέλος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 502c (variant for{περιέλοι}) τὴν Ἀττικὴν ὑμῶν περιῄρηνται 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.220; ἁπάντων τὴν ἐλευθερίαν περιείλετο [prev. author] 18.65; περιείλοντό μου ὑποζύγια δύο “PCair.Zen.” 659.7 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be taken off, τοὐπίβλημ᾽ ἐπεὶ περιῃρέθη [[ 4th c.BC: Nicostratus Comicus 15 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τοῦ ἄλλου περιῃρημένου when the rest has been taken away, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.11; περιῃρημένων τοσούτων κακῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 231b; τείχη περιῃρημένα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.65. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]