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