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|Definition=also [[περιίσχω]], Th.5.71; Aeol. [[περρέχω]] Sapph.''Supp.''25.9, Theoc.30.3: fut. [[περιέξω]] (and<br><span class="bld">A</span> περισχήσω Th.5.7): aor. [[περιέσχον]], inf. [[περισχεῖν]]: aor. Med. [[περιεσχόμην]], inf. [[περισχέσθαι]]:—[[encompass]], [[embrace]], [[surround]], <b class="b3">κυκλόθεν ὁδὸς π. [τὸ χωρίον</b>] Lys.7.28; ἡ περιέχουσα [πέλαγος] γῆ Pl.''Ti.''25a, cf. Arist.''Mete.''354a6; γραμμαὶ περιέχουσαι τὸ χωρίον Pl.''Men.''85a, cf.Arist.''Mech.''851a14; ἡ περιέχουσα [ἶρις] Id.''Mete.'' 375a31; τόπον κύκλῳ πέτραις περιεχόμενον ''IG''42(1).122.21 (Epid.); <b class="b3">τὸ περιέχον</b> the [[envelope]] of a [[seed]], Thphr.''HP''1.11.1.<br><span class="bld">b</span> especially of that which [[encompass]]es the [[earth]] or the [[universe]], <b class="b3">τὸν κόσμον πνεῦμα καὶ ἀὴρ π</b>. Anaxim.2; ὁ περὶ χθόν' ἔχων αἰθήρ E.''Fr.''919 ([[si vera lectio|s.v.l.]]), cf. Thphr.''CP''3.17.4; τὸ περιέχον πάντα ὁπόσα νοητὰ ζῷα Pl.''Ti.''31a, cf. 33b; [[τὸ περιέχον]] the [[environment]], Epicur.''Nat.''79 G.,al., Plot.2.3.14; τὸ περιέχον ἡμᾶς ἅπαντας καὶ γῆν καὶ θάλατταν, ὃ καλοῦμεν οὐρανόν Str. 16.2.35; <b class="b3">ὁ περιέχων ἀήρ ἠήρ</b>) Hp.''Lex'' 3, Arist. ''Mete.''379a28, D.H.3.47, Plu.2.333f, etc.; <b class="b3">ὁ περιέχων</b> alone, Id.''Cor.''38; but usually <b class="b3">τὸ περιέχον</b>, Anaxag.2, Arist.''Juv.''468a3, Ptol.''Phas.''p.10 H., S.E.''M.''8.286; <b class="b3">τὸ ἄπειρον καὶ τὸ π</b>. Arist.''GC''332a25, cf. ''Ph.''253a13, 259b11; φαμὲν τὸ μὲν π. τοῦ εἴδους εἶναι, τὸ δὲ περιεχόμενον τῆς ὕλης Id.''Cael.''312a12, cf. ''Ph.'' 211b12.<br><span class="bld">c</span> τὸ [[περιεχόμενον]] = the [[atmosphere]], Plb.1.37.9, D.S.4.38, etc.; <b class="b3">δυσκρασίαι τοῦ π</b>. Plu.''Alex.''58.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[embrace]], <b class="b3">τινὰ ταῖς χερσίν</b> Id ''Ant.'' 79, cf. ''Alex.''51, Philostr.''VS''2.5.3; πατρὸς περὶ ἔχοντος Simon. 115.1.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[surround]] so as to [[guard]], Plu.''Caes.''16, etc.:—but, Pass., to [[be shut in]], [[be beleaguered]], Hdt.8.10; <b class="b3">ὑπὸ τῶν πολεμίων κύκλῳ</b> ib.79; [[πανταχόθεν]] ib.80, cf. X.''Cyr.''7.1.24: metaph., to [[be hard pressed]], Men. ''Epit.''289; περισχομένη κακότητι A.R.3.95.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[embrace]], [[comprise]], [[comprehend]], Pl.''Men.''87d, etc.; πλείω γένη Arist.''Pol.''1285a2; περιέχεται ὑπὸ τοῦ ὅλου τὰ πάντα Pl.''Prm.''145c; [[contain]], βίβλος π. τὰς πράξεις D.S.2.1; λόγος π. ἐγκώμιον Men.660; of a letter, J.''AJ''12.4.11: impers., <b class="b3">περιέχει ἐν γραφῇ</b>, followed by a quotation, ''1 Ep.Pet.''2.6; <b class="b3">καθὼς ἡ ὠνὴ π</b>. as is [[contain]]ed in the deed of [[sale]], ''Supp.Epigr.''3.421.33 (Locr., ii A.D.).<br><span class="bld">b</span> in Logic, <b class="b3">τὸ περιέχον</b> [[universal]], opp. [[τὰ περιεχόμενα]], the [[individual]]s or [[particular]]s, Arist.''Metaph.''1023b27, cf. ''APr.'' 43b23; <b class="b3">ὀνόματα περιέχοντα</b> [[generic]] terms, Id.''Rh.''1407a31; <b class="b3">καλοῦσι δ' αὐτοὺς πλάτακας ἀπὸ τοῦ περιέχοντος</b> from the [[generic name]], Ath.7.309a.<br><span class="bld">5</span> Math., <b class="b3">ὁ ὑπὸ δύο ἀριθμῶν περιεχόμενος [ἀριθμός</b>] the [[product]] of two numbers, Euc.7 ''Def.''19; but <b class="b3">π. ἑαυτόν</b>, of a number of which a higher power terminates in the same digit, ''Theol.Ar.''33.<br><span class="bld">6</span> <b class="b3">τὸν ἔλεγχον π</b>. [[to be involved in]], [[open]] to [[criticism]], Phld.''Rh.''1.49 S.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[surpass]], [[excel]], <b class="b3">πάντα περρέχοισ' ἄστρα</b>, of the moon, Sapph. ''Supp.''25.9; [[overcome]], [[gain the victory]] or [[advantage]], Th.5.7,8.105.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[outflank]] the enemy, Id.5.71; περιέσχον τῷ κέρᾳ οἱ Πελοποννήσιοι Id.3.108,cf.5.73.<br><span class="bld">III</span> Med., [[hold one's hands round]] or [[over]] another: hence, [[protect]], [[defend]], c. gen. pers., [[περίσχεο]] (Ion. imper. aor. 2 Med.) παιδὸς ἐῆος Il.1.393: c. acc., οὕνεκά μιν περισχόμεθα Od.9.199.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[hold fast by]], [[cling to]], c. gen., γούνων περισχομένη A.R.4.82 (but c. acc., περίσχετο γούνατα χερσίν Id.3.706); περιίσχετο κούρης Mosch.2.11: hence, [[cleave to]], [[be fond of]] a person or thing, γενσάμενοι τῶν ἡμετέρων ἀγαθῶν περιέξονται Hdt.1.71, cf. 3.53, 5.40, 7.39, 160, etc.; <b class="b3">τὠυτοῦ περιεχόμεθα</b> [[we are compassing]], [[aiming at]] the same end, Id.3.72, cf. Plu.''Them.''9; <b class="b3">κρίσιν… ἧς μᾶλλον περιέχομαι</b> on which I [[place]] more [[reliance]], Alciphr.2.4.<br><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, Hdt.9.57.<br><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, Theoc.30.3.