περιτείχισις
From LSJ
ὦ θάνατε παιάν, μή μ᾽ ἀτιμάσῃς μολεῖν· μόνος γὰρ εἶ σὺ τῶν ἀνηκέστων κακῶν ἰατρός, ἄλγος δ᾽ οὐδὲν ἅπτεται νεκροῦ. → O death, the healer, reject me not, but come! For thou alone art the mediciner of ills incurable, and no pain layeth hold on the dead.
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A walling round so as to blockade, circumvallation, Th.2.77, 4.131; but also for defence, π. τοῦ ἄστεος Themist.Ep.4.3.
