περιχάσκω
From LSJ
Θυσία μεγίστη τῷ θεῷ τό γ' εὐσεβεῖν → Pietate maius nil offertur numini → Das größte Opfer für den Gott ist Frömmigkeit
English (LSJ)
aor. 2 περιέχᾰνον and pf. περικέχηνα (as if from περιχαίνω, which is post-classical):—
A open the mouth wide, gape, Hp. Morb.2.26, Phld.Rh.1.194S. b open a girdle, Heliod. ap. Orib. 48.58.5 (s.v.l.). II close the jaws over, take into the mouth, Arist. HA604b18, D.S.10.18, Dsc.Eup.2.138, Luc.Merc.Cond.3, Ael.NA4.33, Hippiatr.119; π. τὸν ἀέρα snap at the air, of a lion, Ach.Tat. 2.22.
German (Pape)
[Seite 600] Nebenform von περιχαίνω, nur im praes. u. imperf. gebr. (s. χάσκω), Hippocr.
