περισπειράω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">wind round</b>, τὴν ἐσθῆτα τῇ κεφαλῇ <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cam.</span>25</span> :— Med., <b class="b3">τὰ μέσα . . ὁπλίταις περιεσπειραμένος</b> <b class="b2">having concentrated his</b> troops <b class="b2">around</b>... <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ages.</span>31</span> :—Pass., <b class="b2">form round</b>, ἀνδρῶν κύκλῳ περιεσπειραμένων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cic.</span>22</span> ; of serpents, etc., <b class="b2">twine, coil round</b>, δράκοντα περιεσπειραμένον τὸ δέρος <span class="bibl">D.S.4.48</span> : c. dat., τισι Luc.<span class="title">Hist. Conscr.</span>29 ; τῷ ποδί <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Dips.</span>6</span> : metaph., <b class="b2">insinuate oneself into</b>, τὰς αὐλάς <span class="bibl">Eun.<span class="title">Hist.</span>p.257</span> D.</span>