περισπειράω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[wind round]], τὴν ἐσθῆτα τῇ κεφαλῇ <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cam.</span>25</span> :— Med., <b class="b3">τὰ μέσα… ὁπλίταις περιεσπειραμένος</b> [[having concentrated his]] troops [[around]]... <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ages.</span>31</span> :—Pass., [[form round]], ἀνδρῶν κύκλῳ περιεσπειραμένων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cic.</span>22</span>; of serpents, etc., [[twine]], [[coil round]], 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., [[insinuate oneself into]], τὰς αὐλάς <span class="bibl">Eun.<span class="title">Hist.</span>p.257</span> D.</span>