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|Full diacritics=περιγράφω
|Medium diacritics=περιγράφω
|Low diacritics=περιγράφω
|Capitals=ΠΕΡΙΓΡΑΦΩ
|Transliteration A=perigráphō
|Transliteration B=perigraphō
|Transliteration C=perigrafo
|Beta Code=perigra/fw
|Definition=[ᾰ], <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">draw a line round</b>, περιγράφει τῇ μαχαίρῃ ἐς τὸ ἔδαφος τὸν ἥλιον <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.137</span>; <b class="b3">π. κύκλον</b> <b class="b2">draw</b> a circle <b class="b2">round</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.7.60</span> ; π. ὅσον ἐναριστᾶν κύκλον <span class="bibl">Eup.250</span> ; ἡ ταῦτα τὰ πεδία περιγράφουσα γραμμή <span class="bibl">Plb.2.14.8</span>: abs., <b class="b2">describe a circle</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>879</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> Geom., <b class="b2">circumscribe</b>, περὶ κύκλον τρίγωνον <span class="bibl">Euc.4.3</span>,<span class="bibl">5</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Archim.<span class="title">Sph.Cyl.</span>1.3</span>,al.; <b class="b3">τὸ περιγεγραμμένον σχῆμα τῷ τομεῖ</b> ib.<span class="bibl">40</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">define, determine, limit</b>, π. τοῦ ἔτους χρόνον <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span> 1.4.12</span> ; π. ὅτι . . ἐγγύτατα τοῦ πράγματος <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1396b8</span> ; τὴν πολλὴν βρῶσιν Heraclid. Tar. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath.2.64e</span> :—Med.,<span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span> 1064a2</span>:—Pass., περιεγέγραπτο, ὡς ἔοικε, . . μέχρι ὅσου ἡ νίκη ἐδέδοτο αὐτοῖς <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>7.5.13</span> ; <b class="b2">to be bounded</b>, <span class="bibl">D.S.3.41</span> ; <b class="b2">to be circumscribed</b>, <span class="bibl">Ti.Locr.97e</span>, <span class="bibl">Plot.6.4.7</span>, <span class="bibl">Dam.<span class="title">Pr.</span>113</span>, etc.: Rhet., <b class="b3">αἱ ἔννοιαι . . ἐφ' ἑαυτῶν περιγραφόμεναι</b> <b class="b2">being</b> self-<b class="b2">contained</b>, <span class="bibl">Hermog.<span class="title">Id.</span>1.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">terminate, conclude</b>, τὴν βίβλον <span class="bibl">D.S.2.60</span>, <span class="bibl">3.74</span>, etc. ; τὰς ὑποθήκας Plu. 2.14a ; ἀγχόνῃ τὸ ζην <span class="bibl">Ath.9.388c</span>:—Pass., <span class="title">Placit.</span>3.8.2. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">bring to an end, cure</b> a disease, Archig. ap. Gal.8.90, <span class="bibl">Sor.2.16</span> (Pass.), Gal.13.860. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">draw in outline, trace</b> or <b class="b2">sketch, delineate</b> τοὺς θεούς <span class="bibl">Phld. <span class="title">Piet.</span>81</span>:—Med., <b class="b3">σκιὰν περιγράψασθαι</b> <b class="b2">draw oneself</b> an outline, <span class="bibl">Poll.7.129</span>:—Pass., περιγεγράφθω ταύτῃ <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1098a20</span>; τὰ δυνατὰ -γραφῆναι Phld.<span class="title">Ir.</span>p.62W.; <b class="b3">περιγεγραμμένους μῦς</b> <b class="b2">well-marked</b> muscles, Antyll. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.7.7.8</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">enclose</b> as it were <b class="b2">within brackets, cancel, annul</b> (cf. <b class="b3">διαγράφω</b>), <span class="bibl">Demonic.1.3</span>, Plu.2.334c, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>1.64.15</span> (Pass., i A.D.); τὸ φιλεῖν <span class="title">AP</span>5.67 (Lucill. or Polemo Rex); <b class="b3">τὸ πρὸς δόξαν ἢ τρυφὴν ἅπαν π</b>. <span class="bibl">Epict.<span class="title">Ench.</span>33</span> ; <b class="b3">π. τινὰ ἐκ πολιτείας</b> <b class="b2">exclude from</b> civic privileges, <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.209</span> ; <b class="b3">τινὰ τοῦ ζῆν</b> Vett. Val. 150.10:— Pass., <span class="bibl">Hld.10.20</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">reject as spurious</b>, <span class="bibl">Ath.5.180e</span>; <b class="b2">remoue</b> from a text, <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Synt.</span>6.3</span>,al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> in Law, <b class="b2">defraud</b>, in Pass., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PAmh.</span> 2.77.7</span> (ii A. D.), etc.; also, <b class="b2">circumvent</b>, διάταξιν <span class="bibl">Just.<span class="title">Nov.</span>55</span> <span class="title">Praef.</span></span>
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