περιχώννυμι

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τοῖς πράγμασιν γὰρ οὐχὶ θυμοῦσθαι χρεών· μέλει γὰρ αὐτοῖς οὐδέν· ἀλλ' οὑντυγχάνων τὰ πράγματ' ὀρθῶς ἂν τιθῇ, πράξει καλῶς → It does no good to rage at circumstance; events will take their course with no regard for us. But he who makes the best of those events he lights upon will not fare ill.

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Transliteration A: perichṓnnymi Transliteration B: perichōnnymi Transliteration C: perichonnymi Beta Code: perixw/nnumi

English (LSJ)

   A heap earth round, τὰς ἀμπέλους D.S.17.82, cf. Dsc.5.148 (Pass.) :—Pass., to be covered with mud, etc., D.S.3.40 : metaph., περιχωσθῆναι τοῖς τοξεύμασιν Philostr.VA4.23.    II embank, γῆν PSI6.577.8 (iii B. C.), cf. PLille 1 v 20 (iii B. C.).

German (Pape)

[Seite 601] (s. χώννυμι), umschütten, bes. mit ausgegrabener Erde umdämmen, D. Sic. u. a. Sp.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

περιχώννῡμι: ἐπισσωρεύω χῶμα ὁλόγυρα, περιχύνω, τὰς ἀμπέλους Διόδ. 17. 82. ― Παθητ., καλύπτομαι διὰ πηλοῦ, κτλ., ὁ αὐτ. 3. 40· μεταφορ., περιχωσθῆναι τοῖς τοξεύμασιν Φιλόστρ. 161.