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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> fut. περιστελῶ [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''1170:—[[dress]], [[clothe]], [[wrap up]], θνατὰ π. μέλη Pi.''N.''11.15; σαρκῶν π. χιτῶνι Emp.126; τινα [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Characters|Char.]]'' 2.10; τοὺς πόδας Arist.''Pr.''868b38; κεφαλὴν τοῖς κόλποις Plb.21.38.5; χλαμυδίῳ π. ἑαυτόν Plu.''Pyrrh.''11; <b class="b3">ἔπηξα δ' αὐτὸν εὖ περιστείλας</b> I planted the sword [[wrapping]] it well with [[earth]], i.e. planted it [[firmly]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''821:—Med., [[wrap oneself up]], Hp.''Epid.''3.17.ιέ:—Pass., to [[be wrapped up]], περιεσταλμένον ἀναπαύεσθαι Arist.''Pr.''866a25.<br><span class="bld">b</span> Rhet., [[employ compression]], δεῖ π. καὶ μὴ περιουσιάζειν Corn.''Rh.''p.396 H.<br><span class="bld">c</span> [[cut down]], [[retrench]]:—hence in Pass., to [[be dispensed with]], περιέσταλται ἡμῖν πᾶν τὸ τῆς δέσεως τῶν περιτρήτων Ph.''Bel.''62.28.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[lay out]] a [[corpse]], Od.24.293, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.90, 6.30, S.''Ant.''903, [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Orestes|Or.]]''1066, Men.325.12, etc. (also [[τάφον περιστέλλω]] = [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''1170); simply, [[bury]], Pl.''Hp.Ma.''291e, ''AP'' 7.613 (Diog. Episc.), etc.<br><span class="bld">II</span> Medic., in Pass., to [[be contracted round]], κοιλίης περιστελλομένης ἀμφὶ τὸ ἔμβρυον Hp.''Mul.''1.34; [ἡ γαστὴρ] περισταλεῖσα τοῖς ἐνυπάρχουσι Gal.''UP''4.7; τοῖς σιτίοις Id.7.67, cf. 8.440.<br><span class="bld">III</span> metaph., [[wrap up]], [[cloak]], [[cover]], <b class="b3">τἄδικ' εὖ π.</b> E.''Med.''582; <b class="b3">τὰ ἁμαρτήματα, τὴν ἀμαθίαν</b>, etc., Plb.30.4.14, Plu.2.47d, etc.; αἰσχρορρημοσύνην Phld.''Rh.''1.175 S.<br><span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">ἐμαυτὸν περιστέλλων</b> [[putting on a grave countenance]], Aen.Gaz.''Ep.''12.<br><span class="bld">c</span> c. dupl. acc., [[conceal]] something [[from]], τινά τι Phld.''Lib.''p.20 O.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[protect]], [[defend]], ἀλλήλους [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]9.60; [[πόλισμα]] Id.1.98; <b class="b3">π. τοὺς νόμους</b> [[maintain]] the [[law]]s, Id.2.147, cf. 3.31; <b class="b3">τὸ τοιοῦτο</b> (''[[sc.]]'' monarchy) ib.82; τὸ μὴ ἄναρχον A. ''Eu.''697; εὖ π. αὐτὰ δαίμονες S.''Ph.''447; τὰ πάτρια D.24.139; [τὸν Ἐπίκουρον] Phld.''Mort.''27:—Pass., περισταλεὶς ὑπὸ τῆς τῶν Ἀχαιῶν πρᾳότητος Plb.2.60.4.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[attend to]], [[cherish]], ἀοιδάν Pi.''I.''1.33; ἔργα Theoc.17.97; ταῦτα κοσμεῖν καὶ περιστέλλειν D.36.47.<br><span class="bld">4</span> Med., <b class="b3">τὰ σὰ περιστέλλου κακά</b> [[attend]] to your [[own]] [[ill]]s, E.''HF''1129.<br><span class="bld">5</span> Med., [[withdraw from society]], Archig. ap. Aët.13.120.