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future -βᾰλῶ: aorist περιέβᾰλον (see. below):— throw round, about, or over, put on or over, with accusative of things, φίλας περὶ χεῖρε βαλόντε [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.211; περὶ πτερὰ πυκνὰ βαλόντες 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.454; περὶ δ᾽ ἄντυγα βάλλε φαεινήν 18.479; π. χέρας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 914, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1044: frequently with _dative_, χέρας π. τινί [prev. author] “Ph.” 1459, etc.; περὶ δ᾽ ὠλένας δέρᾳ.. βάλοιμι [prev. work] 165 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. τινὶ δεσμά, βρόχους, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 52, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 619; Τροίᾳ ζευκτήριον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 529; κρατὶ π. σκότον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1159 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τινὰ χαλκεύματι put him round the sword, i. e. stab him, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 576 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; also περὶ τὰ στέρνα θώρηκας π. [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.215, compare 5.85; αἱμασιὴν π. κατὰ τὸν κύκλον [prev. author] 7.60 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; περὶ ἕρμα π. ναῦν wreck it on.., [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.25 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, throw round or over oneself, put on, with accusative of things, περιβαλλόμενοι τεύχεα putting on their arms, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.148; περὶ δὲ ζώνην βάλετ᾽ ἰξυῖ 5.231; ξίφος περὶ στιβαροῖς βάλετ᾽ ὤμοις 14.528 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἷμα, φᾶρος περιβάλλεσθαι, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.152, 9.109; φάρεα καὶ πλοκάμους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1150 (Lyric poetry); κόσμον σώμασιν [prev. author] “HF” 334; κύκλον ὅσον περιβάλλεται αἰθήρ 4th-3rd c.BC: Hermesianax Elegiacus 7.87 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently of defences, τεῖχος καὶ σωτηρίην περιβαλέσθαι τοῖς τε χρήμασι καὶ τοῖς σώμασιν [[ 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 280; also ὅταν περιβάλωνται χειρις μοὺς παραλλάττοντας 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.8 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus; π. ἕρκος ἔρυμα τῶν νεῶν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.96; τείχεα [prev. author] 1.141, compare 6.46, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.8; ταῖς πόλεσιν ἐρύματα περιβάλλονται 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.1.14; Πελοποννήσῳ π. ἓν τεῖχος 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1276a27 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λιμένι τεῖχος, χάρακα τῇ παρεμβολῇ, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.65.11, 5.20.5 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; also περὶ τὴν Πελοπόννησον τεῖχος π. [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.45: with double _accusative_, τεῖχος περιβαλέσθαι πόλιν] Refs 5th c.BC+] build a wall round it, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.163 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: in perfect passive, have a thing put round one, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 216d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ τεῖχος περιβεβλημένος having his wall around him, encompassed by it, [[ [prev. author] “Tht.” 174e, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1331a8. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, put round or upon a person, i. e. invest him with it, π. τινὶ ἀγαθόν (i. e. βασιληΐην), τυραννίδα, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.129, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 829; π. σωτηρίαν [τισί] [prev. author] “HF” 304; ὕδασι δουλείαν [prev. author] “Ph.” 189 (Lyric poetry); οἶκτον [prev. author] “IA” 934 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινὶ π. ἀνανδρίαν, i.e. make him faint-hearted, [[ [prev. author] “Or.” 1031 ] Refs]; π. τὴν αἰτίαν τῷ ἰατρῷ impute blame to.., [[ Palladius Medicus “in Hippocratem” 12.283 ] Refs] C.:—passive, with accusative, to be involved in, μεγίστην ζημίαν τὸ ταμεῖον περιβληθήσεται [[ “SIG” 888.87 (Scaptopara, 3rd c.AD). ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__II reversely with dative of things, surround, encompass with.., περιβαλεῖν πλῆθος τῶν ἰχθύων (i.e. τῷ ἀμφιβλήστρῳ) [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.141; βρόχῳ π. τὸν αὐχένα [prev. author] 4.60 (tmesis)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; [Βόσπορον] πέδαις π. [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 748; π. τινὰ ὑφάσματι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 25; δοραῖσι σῶμα [prev. author] “Cyc.” 330 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τινὰ χερσί embrace, [[ [prev. author] “Or.” 372 ] Refs]:—middle, surround or enclose for one's advantage or defence, τὴν νῆσον π. τείχει [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 116a; χωρίον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.3.30 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. θύννους net them, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 537a20, compare 533b25. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.2 metaphorically, π. τινὰ κακῷ, συμφοραῖς, involve one in evil or calamity, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 906, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.2.12; ἀνηκέστοις πόλιν συμφοραῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.142, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 4.20; ὀνείδει 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.35 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τινὰ φυγῇ, i.e. banish him, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.775c; τινὰ κλοπῆς καταδίκῃ [prev. author] “Arist.” 4:] Refs 1st c.AD+] — passive, [συμφοραῖς] [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Pietate - Herkulanische Studien” 35b. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__III with accusative only, encompass, surround, περιβάλλει με σκότος, νέφος, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1453, “HF” 1140 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἀλλήλους embrace each other, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.7.25, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 36, 111 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, clothe, τινα [[ NT.Matt.25.36 ] NT]; τὸ περιβεβλημένον the space enclosed, enclosure, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.91; compare περίβολος 11.2:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —middle, ἤλαυνον περιβαλόμενοι [τὰ ὑποζύγια] surrounding them, [[ [prev. author] 9.39, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.17. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.2 fetch a compass round, double, ἵπποι περὶ τέρμα βαλοῦσαι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.462 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; especially of ships, round a cape, π. τὸν Ἄθων [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.44; Σούνιον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.95 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, of a hare, double, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 5.29, 6.18. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.3 amplify, expand, λόγον [[ 2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “περὶ ἰδεῶν” 1.4, compare 11: _absolutely_, [prev. work] 3, +others ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__IV middle, bring into one's power, compass, ἰδίῃ π. ἑωυτῷ κέρδεα [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.71; πολλὰ [χρήματα] [prev. author] 8.8, compare 7.190 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σωφροσύνης δόξαν π. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.2.6; τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν πραγμάτων περιβαλλόμενος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.231; πλῆθος λείας 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.29.7, compare 3.69.7 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect passive, to have come into possession of.., πόλιν [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.24; δυναστείας 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.184, compare 2.25. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV.2 appropriate mentally, comprehend, περιβάλλεσθαι τῇ διανοίᾳ τὰς πράξεις [[ [prev. author] 5.118 ] Refs]; πολλὰ περιβεβλῆσθαι πράγματα to have aimed at learning many things, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 683 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; logically, ξύμπαντα τὰ οἰκεῖα.. γένους τινὸς οὐσίᾳ π. embrace, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 285b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV.3 use circumlocution, κομψῶς κύκλῳ π. [[ [prev. author] “Smp.” 222c, compare “Phdr.” 272d. ] Refs]
__V throw beyond, beat in throwing: hence generally, excel, surpass, μνηστῆρας δώροισι [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.17 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. ἀρετῇ to be superior in.., [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.276. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__VI π. τὸ λουτρόν take a bath, [[ 3rd c.AD: Cassius Medicus “Physici et Medici Graeci Minores” 5; π. πρὸς λουτρόν [prev. passage] ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
