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|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">twist round, bend</b>, [<b class="b3">τὴν φλόγα</b>] <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Ign.</span>53</span> ; τοὺς ἀγκῶνας <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">4 Ma.</span>10.6</span> : but usu. <b class="b2">break off</b>, [<b class="b3">τὰς δρῦς</b>] <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">VH</span>9.18</span> ; <b class="b3">τῷ κράνει π. τὸ ξίφος</b> <b class="b2">break</b> it <b class="b2">round</b> the helmet, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Sull.</span>14</span> :—Pass., περικεκλασμέναι ῥάβδοι <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>4.6.10</span>; περικλασθήσονται κλῶνες <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Wi.</span>4.5</span> ; κολοσσὸς -κλασθεὶς ἀπὸ τῶν γονάτων <span class="bibl">Str.14.25</span> ; <b class="b3">περικλώμενα τοῖς αὑτῶν βρίθεσι</b> <b class="b2">bent and broken</b> by... <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Sull.</span>12</span> ; <b class="b3">περικεκλασμένον σχῆμα</b> <b class="b2">bent and bowed down</b>, Id.2.878c ; of persons, τοῖς σώμασι -κλώμενοι <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Phgn.</span>813a16</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Theoc.21.48</span> ; but also, <b class="b2">arched</b>, θώραξ Gal.18(1).420 ; περικλώμενος κλύδων <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>15.9.6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> in Optics, <b class="b2">refract</b>, <span class="bibl">Cleom.2.1</span> (Pass.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">wheel</b> an army <b class="b2">round</b> to the right or left, <b class="b3">ἐπὶ δόρυ</b> or ἐπ' ἀσπίδα <span class="bibl">Plb.11.12.4</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">11.23.2</span> ; also <b class="b3">π. τὸν Τίβεριν ἐπὶ τὸ Κίρκαιον</b> <b class="b2">divert</b> it, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Caes.</span>58</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> Pass., of missiles, <b class="b2">ricochet</b>, <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span>79.19</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b3">τόποι περικεκλασμένοι</b> <b class="b2">rough, broken</b> ground, <span class="bibl">Plb.12.20.6</span> ; so <b class="b3">λόφοι περικεκλ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.18.22.9</span> ; <b class="b3">οἰκίαι περικεκλ</b>. houses <b class="b2">on such ground</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.9.26A.</span><span class="bibl">7</span> ; περικεκλασμένας λόφοις ἐρημίας <span class="bibl">Onos.6.7</span>.</span>

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