περικλείω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. περι-κληΐω, old Att. περι-κλῄω, (<b class="b3">κλείω</b> (A), <b class="b3">κλείς</b>) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">shut in all round, enclose</b>, ἐκ τοῦ περικληΐοντος ὄρεος <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.117</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">7.129</span>,<span class="bibl">198</span> ; ὅπως αἱ νῆες περικλῄσειαν <span class="bibl">Th.2.90</span>: abs., περικλειούσης θαλάττης <span class="bibl">Ph.2.544</span>:—Med., <b class="b3">περικλῄσασθαι τὰς ναῦς τῶν ἐναντίων</b> <b class="b2">get</b> them <b class="b2">surrounded</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.7.52</span>:—Pass., ὑπὸ πλήθους περικλῃόμενοι <span class="bibl">Id.2.100</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph., in Pass., <b class="b2">to be confined, reduced</b>, εἰς τοὺς ἐσχάτους κινδύνους <span class="bibl">D.S.16.35</span> ; εἰς ἀνενεργησίαν <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>11.162</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1666.12</span> (iii A.D.):— later in Act., <b class="b2">limit</b>, εἰς τρία τὴν πραγματείαν <span class="bibl">Steph.<span class="title">in Hp.</span>1.179</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπεὶ δέ με ὁ χρόνος περιέκλειε τὸ τέλος ἐπάγων</b> Vett. Val.<span class="bibl">354.1</span>.</span>