encircle
From LSJ
περὶ ἀλόγων γραμμῶν καὶ ναστῶν → on incommensurable lines and solids
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. κυκλοῦσθαι, περιβάλλειν, V. ἀμπέχειν, ἀμπίσχειν, περιπτύσσειν, ἀμφιβάλλειν; see surround.
be spread round: V. ἀμφιβαίνειν (acc.).
stand round: P. and V. περιίστασθαι (Euripides, Bacchae 1106), V. ἀμφίστασθαι.
be round: P. περιεῖναι (acc.), περιέχειν; see enclose.
we are encircled all round by brazen arms: V. κύκλῳ γὰρ εἱλισσόμεθα παγχάλκοις ὅπλοις (Euripides, Orestes 444).
encircle (an enemy): P. and V. κυκλοῦσθαι, P. περικλῄειν (or mid.); see also besiege.
