περι-κᾰλύπτω,
cover all round, πολέμοιο νέφος περὶ πάντα καλύπτει [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.243, compare 10.201; π. δένδρεον πίλῳ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.23 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τινὰ ἱματίοισι or ἐν ἱματίῳ, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 5.59, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.3.14: _metaphorically_, π. σωτηρία τοὺς νόμους 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 793b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ θνητὸν περικάλυπτε τῷ θεῷ (i.e. Διονύσῳ), i.e. get drunk, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 20; τὰ πάθη 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.100f; π. καὶ ἀρνεῖσθαι [prev. work]1013e:] Refs 4th c.BC+] —middle and passive, cover oneself all round, [[[prev. work] 51d, etc. ] Refs]
__II put round as a covering, αὐτῷ.. περὶ κῶμα κάλυψα put sleep as a cloak around him, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.359 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸ σῶμα [ψυχῇ] [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 34b; π. τὰ Χερουβεὶν ἐπὶ τὴν κιβωτόν LXX.3Ki.8.7: _metaphorically_, π. τοῖσι πράγμασι σκότον] LXX+5th c.BC+] throw a veil of darkness over the deeds, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1522. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]