περιπείρω

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κρέσσων γὰρ οἰκτιρμοῦ φθόνος → it is better to be envied than pitied | to be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied (Pindar, Pythian 1.85)

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Transliteration A: peripeírō Transliteration B: peripeirō Transliteration C: peripeiro Beta Code: peripei/rw

English (LSJ)

   A put on a spit, π. τι περὶ λόγχην Plu.Galb.27 : metaph., pierce, ἑαυτοὺς π. ὀδύναις IEp.Ti.6.10 :—Pass., to be spitted or pierced, ξίφεσι καὶ λόγχαις D.S.16.80 ; Χάρακι Id.19.84; σκόλοπι Ael.NA7.48; ὀβελοῖς Luc.Gall. 2 : metaph., to become entangled, δυσαναπορεύτοις βαράθροις περιπαρέντες Ph.1.672 ; δίκτυα, οἷς ἀνάγκη περιπείρεσθαι Id.2.411, cf. Vett.Val.250.11.    II run into, τοὺς ὀδόντας τῇ δειρῇ Lib. Descr.12.2 (Pass.):—Pass., ἄγκιστρα περιπαρέντα τοῖς ἰχθύσι Ael.NA 15.10.