περιγράφω

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   A draw a line round, περιγράφει τῇ μαχαίρῃ ἐς τὸ ἔδαφος τὸν ἥλιον Hdt.8.137; π. κύκλον draw a circle round, Id.7.60 ; π. ὅσον ἐναριστᾶν κύκλον Eup.250 ; ἡ ταῦτα τὰ πεδία περιγράφουσα γραμμή Plb.2.14.8: abs., describe a circle, Ar.Pax879.    b Geom., circumscribe, περὶ κύκλον τρίγωνον Euc.4.3,5, cf. Archim.Sph.Cyl.1.3,al.; τὸ περιγεγραμμένον σχῆμα τῷ τομεῖ ib.40.    2 define, determine, limit, π. τοῦ ἔτους χρόνον X.Mem. 1.4.12 ; π. ὅτι . . ἐγγύτατα τοῦ πράγματος Arist.Rh.1396b8 ; τὴν πολλὴν βρῶσιν Heraclid. Tar. ap. Ath.2.64e :—Med.,Arist.Metaph. 1064a2:—Pass., περιεγέγραπτο, ὡς ἔοικε, . . μέχρι ὅσου ἡ νίκη ἐδέδοτο αὐτοῖς X.HG7.5.13 ; to be bounded, D.S.3.41 ; to be circumscribed, Ti.Locr.97e, Plot.6.4.7, Dam.Pr.113, etc.: Rhet., αἱ ἔννοιαι . . ἐφ' ἑαυτῶν περιγραφόμεναι being self-contained, Hermog.Id.1.3.    3 terminate, conclude, τὴν βίβλον D.S.2.60, 3.74, etc. ; τὰς ὑποθήκας Plu. 2.14a ; ἀγχόνῃ τὸ ζην Ath.9.388c:—Pass., Placit.3.8.2.    4 bring to an end, cure a disease, Archig. ap. Gal.8.90, Sor.2.16 (Pass.), Gal.13.860.    II draw in outline, trace or sketch, delineate τοὺς θεούς Phld. Piet.81:—Med., σκιὰν περιγράψασθαι draw oneself an outline, Poll.7.129:—Pass., περιγεγράφθω ταύτῃ Arist.EN1098a20; τὰ δυνατὰ -γραφῆναι Phld.Ir.p.62W.; περιγεγραμμένους μῦς well-marked muscles, Antyll. ap. Orib.7.7.8.    III enclose as it were within brackets, cancel, annul (cf. διαγράφω), Demonic.1.3, Plu.2.334c, PSI1.64.15 (Pass., i A.D.); τὸ φιλεῖν AP5.67 (Lucill. or Polemo Rex); τὸ πρὸς δόξαν ἢ τρυφὴν ἅπαν π. Epict.Ench.33 ; π. τινὰ ἐκ πολιτείας exclude from civic privileges, Aeschin.3.209 ; τινὰ τοῦ ζῆν Vett. Val. 150.10:— Pass., Hld.10.20.    2 reject as spurious, Ath.5.180e; remoue from a text, A.D.Synt.6.3,al.    IV in Law, defraud, in Pass., PAmh. 2.77.7 (ii A. D.), etc.; also, circumvent, διάταξιν Just.Nov.55 Praef.