περιπήγνυμι
οὐκ ἐν τῷ πολλῷ τὸ εὖ, ἀλλ' ἐν τῷ εὖ τὸ πολύ → good is not found in plenty but plenty in good, quality matters more than quantity
English (LSJ)
and περιπηγνύω (Plu.2.433b) : also περιπήττω (v. infr.) :—
A fix round, fence round, c. acc. loci, περὶ δὲ πάξαις Ἄλτιν Pi.O.10(11).45 ; π. τῷ σώματι Χιτῶνα Plu.2.966d :—Pass. with pf. περιπέπηγα, αἷς π. ἡ σαρκώδης οὐσία Gal.18(2).597 ; περιπησσέσθωσαν σανίδες Apollod. Poliorc.173.13 ; περιπαγῆναί τινι τὸν αὐχένα to have one's neck fixed in it, Ar.Fr.301. 2 make to congeal round, τὴν τέφραν τῷ βωμῷ Plu.2.433b :—Pass. with pf. intr. -πέπηγα, τὰ ὑποδήματα π. are frozen on the feet, X.An.4.5.14 ; περιπήττεται τὸ ὕδωρ τινί Str.12.5.4 ; τὸ δάκρυον [τῆς ἀμπέλου] π. τοῖς στελέχεσι Dsc.5.1 ; of a coated tongue, Gal.17(2).277 : metaph., τἀγαθῷ -πεπηγός Dam.Pr.70.
