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περισείω

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Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous

Euripides, Melanippe Captiva, Fragment 6.11

German (Pape)

[Seite 590] poet. περισσείω (s. σείω), von allen Seiten erschüttern, heftig bewegen, vom Heintbusch, im med. ringsumher sich bewegen, ἔθειραι περισσείοντο, die Haare flatterten unher, Il. 19, 382. 22, 315.

French (Bailly abrégé)

3ᵉ pl. impf. Pass. épq. περισσείοντο;
agiter tout autour, secouer de tous côtés.
Étymologie: περί, σείω.

English (Autenrieth)

περισσείω: only pass., be tossed about, float in the air, Il. 19.382 and Il. 22.315.