__3 surround so as to guard, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Caesar” 16, etc.] Refs 1st c.AD+]:—but, passive, to be shut in, beleaguered, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.10; ὑπὸ τῶν πολεμίων κύκλῳ [prev. work] 79 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πανταχόθεν[[ [prev. work] 80, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.1.24 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: metaphorically, to be hard pressed, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 289; περισχομένη κακότητι 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.95. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__4 embrace, comprise, comprehend, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 87d, etc.; πλείω γένη 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1285a2; περιέχεται ὑπὸ τοῦ ὅλου τὰ πάντα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 145c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; contain, βίβλος π. τὰς πράξεις [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 2.1; λόγος π. ἐγκώμιον 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 660 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of a letter, [[ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 12.4.11: _impersonal_, περιέχει ἐν γραφῇ] Refs 1st c.AD+], followed by a quotation, [[ NT.1Pet.2.6 ] NT]; καθὼς ἡ ὠνὴ π. as is contained in the deed of sale, [[ “Supp.epigram” 3.421.33 (_Locrian dialect_, 2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__4.b in Logic, τὸ περιέχον universal, opposed to τὰ περιεχόμενα, the individuals or particulars, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1023b27, compare “APr.” 43b23 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὀνόματα περιέχοντα generic terms, [[ [prev. author] “Rh.” 1407a31 ] Refs]; καλοῦσι δ᾽ αὐτοὺς πλάτακας ἀπὸ τοῦ περιέχοντος from the generic name, [[ 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 7.309a. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__5 in Mathematics texts, ὁ ὑπὸ δύο ἀριθμῶν περιεχόμενος [ἀριθμός] the product of two numbers, [[ 3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra 7 “Def.” 19] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; but π. ἑαυτόν, of a number of which a higher power terminates in the same digit, [[ “Theologumena Arithmeticae” 33. ] Refs]
__6 τὸν ἔλεγχον π. to be involved in, open to criticism, [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.49 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II surpass, excel, πάντα περρέχοισ᾽ ἄστρα, of the moon, [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 25.9 ] Refs 7th c.BC+]; overcome, gain the victory or advantage, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.7, 8.105. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III middle, hold one's hands round or over another: hence, protect, defend, with genitive person, περίσχεο (Ionic dialect imperative aorist 2 middle) παιδὸς ἐῆος [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.393: with _accusative_, οὕνεκά μιν περισχόμεθα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.199. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__III.2 hold fast by, cling to, with genitive, γούνων περισχομένη [[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.82 (but with _accusative_, περίσχετο γούνατα χερσίν [prev. author] 3.706); περιίσχετο κούρης 2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus 2.11 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: hence, cleave to, be fond of a person or thing, γενσάμενοι τῶν ἡμετέρων ἀγαθῶν περιέξονται [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.71, compare 3.53, 5.40, 7.39, 160, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὠυτοῦ περιεχόμεθα we are compassing, aiming at the same end, [[ [prev. author] 3.72, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Themistocles” 9 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; κρίσιν.. ἧς μᾶλλον περιέχομαι on which I place more reliance, [[ 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 2.4. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__III.3 rarely with infinitive, περιείχετο.. μένοντας μὴ ἐκλιπεῖν τὴν τάξιν clung to his resolution that they should stay and not leave their post, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.57. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV Aeolic dialect περρέχω, ={ὑπερέχω}, ὁπόσον τῷ ποδὶ περρέχει τᾶς γᾶς, τοῦτο χάρις, i.e. every inch of his stature is grace, [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 30.3. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
