περισπειράω
From LSJ
Λύπης ἰατρός ἐστιν ἀνθρώποις λόγος – For men reason is a healer of grief – Für Menschen ist der Trauer Arzt allein das Wort – Maeroris unica medicina oratio.
English (LSJ)
A wind round, τὴν ἐσθῆτα τῇ κεφαλῇ Plu.Cam.25 :— Med., τὰ μέσα . . ὁπλίταις περιεσπειραμένος having concentrated his troops around... Id.Ages.31 :—Pass., form round, ἀνδρῶν κύκλῳ περιεσπειραμένων Id.Cic.22 ; of serpents, etc., twine, coil round, δράκοντα περιεσπειραμένον τὸ δέρος D.S.4.48 : c. dat., τισι Luc.Hist. Conscr.29 ; τῷ ποδί Id.Dips.6 : metaph., insinuate oneself into, τὰς αὐλάς Eun.Hist.p.257 D.
