περικείρω,
aorist infinitive - κεῖραι [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Epistulae” 61 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: perfect - κέκαρκα [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Symp.” 32 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—shear or clip all round τὴν κόμην κακῶς π. [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.154 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τινά clip him close, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista [prev. cited]:] Refs 2nd c.AD+] —middle, τρίχας περικείρεσθαι clip one's hair, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.71 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, π. κατὰ πρόσωπον [[ LXX.Jer.32.9 (25.23); τοὺς πλοκάμους περικειρόμενος 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 4 ] LXX+2nd c.AD+]; Περικειρομένη, title of play by Menander.
__II metaphorically, shear of its walls, τὴν ἀκρόπολιν [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 7.8. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]