περιχάσκω

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.