περι-σπάω,
future -σπάσω[[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 20.3, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 87.15 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]:—draw off from around, strip off, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator “Epistulae” 9.10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ χλαμύδιον αὑτοῦ π. [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 19.9, etc.] Refs 1st c.BC+]:—middle, strip oneself of, τὴν τιάραν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.1.13 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (so also in active, π. τὴν πορφύραν [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aemilius Paulus” 23). ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__2 strip bare, περισπάσας ξίφος (Pierson χερὶ σπάσας) [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 296. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II wheel about, of a general, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.76.5 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; intransitive of the troops, [[ [prev. author] 3.116.5 ] Refs]; especially wheel twice through a right angle, [[ 1st c.BC: Asclepiodotus Tacticus “Tact.” 12.6,a l] Refs 1st c.BC+].; of a horse's bit, οὐ πάνυ π. not pulling it violently round, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Merc.Cond.” 21. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__III draw off or away, divert, εἰς τοὐναντίον [τὴν πολιτείαν] [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1307a24; τροφὴν εἰς τὸ περικάρπιον 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 1.16.2; π. τοὺς Ῥωμαίους 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 9.22.5; τὸν πόλεμον [prev. author] 1.26.1 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; π. τὴν δύναμιν αὐτοῦ draw it away, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 45; ἀπὸ τῆς πατρίδος π. τοὺς βαρβάρους 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 20.3; τὸν ἐντὸς.. θόρυβον ἐπὶ τοὺς ἔξω πολέμους 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 6.23; π. περὶ τὰς ἔξω στρατείας τὸν δῆμον [prev. author] 9.43 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]: —passive, π. ὑπό τινων [[ “PStrassb.” 112.13 (2nd c.BC) ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; πάντῃ τὰς ὄψεις περισπώμενος [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DDeor.” 30.11 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἕως τοῦ ἔξω τόπου π. to be drawn away and expanded, opposed to συστέλλεσθαι, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 863a5. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]