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|Definition=also περιεργ-ίσχω, <span class="bibl">Th.5.71</span>; Aeol. περρέχω <span class="bibl">Sapph.<span class="title">Supp.</span>25.9</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.30.3</span>: fut. [[περιέξω]] (and <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> περισχήσω <span class="bibl">Th.5.7</span>): aor. [[περιέσχον]], inf. [[περισχεῖν]]: aor. Med. [[περιεσχόμην]], inf. [[περισχέσθαι]] :—[[encompass]], [[embrace]], [[surround]], <b class="b3">κυκλόθεν ὁδὸς π. [τὸ χωρίον</b>] <span class="bibl">Lys.7.28</span>; ἡ περιέχουσα [πέλαγος] γῆ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>25a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>354a6</span>; γραμμαὶ περιέχουσαι τὸ χωρίον <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Men.</span>85a</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mech.</span>851a14</span>; ἡ περιέχουσα [ἶρις] <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Mete.</span> 375a31</span>; τόπον κύκλῳ πέτραις περιεχόμενον <span class="title">IG</span>42(1).122.21 (Epid.); <b class="b3">τὸ περιέχον</b> the [[envelope]] of a seed, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>1.11.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> especially of that which [[encompasses]] the earth or the universe, <b class="b3">τὸν κόσμον πνεῦμα καὶ ἀὴρ π</b>. Anaxim.<span class="bibl">2</span>; ὁ περὶ χθόν' ἔχων αἰθήρ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>919</span> ([[si vera lectio|s.v.l.]]), cf. <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>3.17.4</span>; τὸ περιέχον πάντα ὁπόσα νοητὰ ζῷα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>31a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">33b</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ περιέχον</b> the [[environment]], <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Nat.</span>79</span> G.,al., <span class="bibl">Plot.2.3.14</span>; τὸ περιέχον ἡμᾶς ἅπαντας καὶ γῆν καὶ θάλατταν, ὃ καλοῦμεν οὐρανόν <span class="bibl">Str. 16.2.35</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ περιέχων ἀήρ ἠήρ</b>) <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Lex</span> 3</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Mete.</span>379a28</span>, <span class="bibl">D.H.3.47</span>, Plu.2.333f, etc.; <b class="b3">ὁ περιέχων</b> alone, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cor.</span>38</span>; but usually <b class="b3">τὸ περιέχον</b>, Anaxag.2, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Juv.</span>468a3</span>, Ptol.<span class="title">Phas.</span>p.10 H., <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>8.286</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ ἄπειρον καὶ τὸ π</b>. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">GC</span>332a25</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>253a13</span>, <span class="bibl">259b11</span>; φαμὲν τὸ μὲν π. τοῦ εἴδους εἶναι, τὸ δὲ περιεχόμενον τῆς ὕλης <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cael.</span>312a12</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span> 211b12</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> <b class="b3">τὸ π</b>. the [[atmosphere]], <span class="bibl">Plb.1.37.9</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.4.38</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">δυσκρασίαι τοῦ π</b>. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Alex.</span>58</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[embrace]], <b class="b3">τινὰ ταῖς χερσίν</b> Id <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ant.</span> 79</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Alex.</span>51</span>, <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VS</span>2.5.3</span>; πατρὸς περὶ ἔχοντος <span class="bibl">Simon. 115.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[surround]] so as to guard, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Caes.</span>16</span>, etc.:—but, Pass., to [[be shut in]], [[beleaguered]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.10</span>; <b class="b3">ὑπὸ τῶν πολεμίων κύκλῳ</b> ib.<span class="bibl">79</span>; [[πανταχόθεν]] ib.<span class="bibl">80</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.1.24</span> : metaph., to [[be hard pressed]], <span class="bibl">Men. <span class="title">Epit.</span>289</span>; περισχομένη κακότητι <span class="bibl">A.R.3.95</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[embrace]], [[comprise]], [[comprehend]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Men.</span>87d</span>, etc.; πλείω γένη <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1285a2</span>; περιέχεται ὑπὸ τοῦ ὅλου τὰ πάντα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prm.</span>145c</span>; [[contain]], βίβλος π. τὰς πράξεις <span class="bibl">D.S.2.1</span>; λόγος π. ἐγκώμιον <span class="bibl">Men.660</span>; of a letter, <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>12.4.11</span>: impers., <b class="b3">περιέχει ἐν γραφῇ</b>, followed by a quotation, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ep.Pet.</span>2.6</span>; <b class="b3">καθὼς ἡ ὠνὴ π</b>. as [[is contained in]] the deed of sale, <span class="title">Supp.Epigr.</span>3.421.33 (Locr., ii A.D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> in Logic, <b class="b3">τὸ περιέχον</b> [[universal]], opp. <b class="b3">τὰ περιεχόμενα</b>, the [[individuals]] or [[particulars]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1023b27</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">APr.</span> 43b23</span>; <b class="b3">ὀνόματα περιέχοντα</b> [[generic]] terms, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1407a31</span>; <b class="b3">καλοῦσι δ' αὐτοὺς πλάτακας ἀπὸ τοῦ περιέχοντος</b> from the [[generic name]], <span class="bibl">Ath.7.309a</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> Math., <b class="b3">ὁ ὑπὸ δύο ἀριθμῶν περιεχόμενος [ἀριθμός</b>] the [[product]] of two numbers, <span class="bibl">Euc.7</span> <span class="title">Def.</span>19; but <b class="b3">π. ἑαυτόν</b>, of a number of which a higher power terminates in the same digit, <span class="title">Theol.Ar.</span>33. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> <b class="b3">τὸν ἔλεγχον π</b>. [[to be involved in]], [[open to]] criticism, Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1.49 S. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[surpass]], [[excel]], <b class="b3">πάντα περρέχοισ' ἄστρα</b>, of the moon, <span class="bibl">Sapph. <span class="title">Supp.</span>25.9</span>; [[overcome]], [[gain the victory]] or [[advantage]], <span class="bibl">Th.5.7</span>,<span class="bibl">8.105</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[outflank]] the enemy, <span class="bibl">Id.5.71</span>; περιέσχον τῷ κέρᾳ οἱ Πελοποννήσιοι <span class="bibl">Id.3.108</span>,cf.<span class="bibl">5.73</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> Med., <b class="b2">hold one's hands round</b> or [[over]] another: hence, [[protect]], [[defend]], c. gen. pers., [[περίσχεο]] (Ion. imper. aor. 2 Med.) παιδὸς ἐῆος <span class="bibl">Il.1.393</span> : c. acc., οὕνεκά μιν περισχόμεθα <span class="bibl">Od.9.199</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[hold fast by]], [[cling to]], c. gen., γούνων περισχομένη <span class="bibl">A.R.4.82</span> (but c. acc., περίσχετο γούνατα χερσίν <span class="bibl">Id.3.706</span>); περιίσχετο κούρης <span class="bibl">Mosch.2.11</span>: hence, [[cleave to]], [[be fond of]] a person or thing, γενσάμενοι τῶν ἡμετέρων ἀγαθῶν περιέξονται <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.71</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">3.53</span>, <span class="bibl">5.40</span>, <span class="bibl">7.39</span>, <span class="bibl">160</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">τὠυτοῦ περιεχόμεθα</b> [[we are compassing]], [[aiming at]] the same end, <span class="bibl">Id.3.72</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Them.</span>9</span>; <b class="b3">κρίσιν… ἧς μᾶλλον περιέχομαι</b> on which I [[place]] more [[reliance]], <span class="bibl">Alciphr.2.4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> rarely c. inf., <b class="b3">περιείχετο… μένοντας μὴ ἐκλιπεῖν τὴν τάξιν</b> [[clung to his resolution]] that they should stay and not leave their post, <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.57</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> Aeol. [[περρέχω]], = [[ὑπερέχω]], ὁπόσον τῷ ποδὶ περρέχει τᾶς γᾶς, τοῦτο χάρις, i.e. every inch of his stature is grace, <span class="bibl">Theoc.30.3</span>.</span>