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|Definition=<br><span class="bld">A</span>fut. fut. περισπάσω D.S.20.3, A.D.Pron.87.15:—[[draw off from around]], [[strip off]], Isoc.Ep.9.10; τὸ χλαμύδιον αὑτοῦ περισπάω D.S.19.9, etc.:—Med., [[strip oneself of]], τὴν τιάραν X.Cyr.3.1.13 (so also in Act., περισπάω τὴν πορφύραν Plu. Aem.23).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[strip bare]], [[περισπάσας]] [[ξίφος]] (Pierson χερὶ σπάσας) E. IT296.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[wheel about]], of a [[general]], Plb.1.76.5; intr. of the [[troops]], Id.3.116.5; esp. [[wheel twice]] through a right angle, Ascl. Tact.12.6,al.; of a horse's bit, [[οὐ πάνυ περισπῶντα]] = not [[pull]]ing it [[violently]] [[round]], Luc.Merc.Cond.21.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[draw off]] or [[draw away]], [[divert]], εἰς τοὐναντίον [τὴν πολιτείαν] Arist.Pol.1307a24; τροφὴν εἰς τὸ περικάρπιον Thphr.CP1.16.2; περισπάω τοὺς Ῥωμαίους Plb.9.22.5; τὸν πόλεμον Id.1.26.1; περισπάω τὴν δύναμιν αὐτοῦ = [[draw]] it [[away]], Plu.Cic.45; ἀπὸ τῆς πατρίδος καὶ πάσης Σικελίας περισπάσειν τοὺς βαρβάρους D.S.20.3; τὸν ἐντὸς… θόρυβον ἐπὶ τοὺς ἔξω πολέμους D.H.6.23; περισπᾷ περὶ τὰς ἔξω στρατείας τὸν δῆμον Id.9.43: —Pass., [[περισπῶμαι]] ὑπό τινων PStrassb.112.13 (ii B. C.); πάντῃ τὰς ὄψεις [[περισπώμενος]] Luc. ''De dearum iudicio'' 11.9; [[ἕως τοῦ ἔξω τόπου περισπᾶται]] = to [[be drawn away]] and [[expand]]ed, opp. [[συστέλλεσθαι]], Arist.Pr.863a5.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[detach]], Συρίαν τινός App. Syr.1, cf. Hann.56; τινὰς αὐτοῦ τῶν ἀκροατῶν Phld.Acad.Ind.p.79 M.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[disturb]], [[vex]], Men.Epit.504, [[LXX]] Ec.5.19:—Pass., ὑπὸ τῶν τελωνῶν PSI3.384.5 (ii B. C.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[divert]], [[distract]], Plu.2.96b, 16oc; περισπᾶσθαι [τὴν διάνοιαν] ἀπό τινος Metrod.Herc.831.4, cf. Phld.Rh.2.53 S., al., Onos.42.6:—Pass., to [[be distracted]] or [[be engaged]], περισπᾶσθαι ταῖς διανοίαις Plb. 15.3.4; ὑπὸ βιωτικῆς χρείας D.S.2.29, cf. Phld.Po.Herc.994.24, al.; μηδ' ὑφ' ἑνὸς περισπωμένη ἡ πόλις IG22.1304.7; περί τινος [[LXX]] Si.41.2; περὶ πολλὴν διακονίαν Ev.Luc.10.40: abs., Plb.4.10.3.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[steal]], ἀργυροῦν ἢ χρυσοῦν ἀνάθημα Philostr.Gym.45:—Pass., [[ἅπαντα περιέσπασμαι]] = [[I have been robbed of all]], Men.Epit.143.<br><span class="bld">5</span> Pass., c. inf., to [[be compelled]] to do a thing, περιησπάσθην (sic) [[ἀνενεγκεῖν]] PUniv.Giss.19.4 (i A. D.).<br><span class="bld">IV</span> Gramm., [[pronounce]] a [[vowel]] or [[word]] [[with]] [[the]] [[circumflex]], A.D.Pron.33.24, al., Plu.Thes.26, etc.; esp. on the last syllable, Ath.2.52f, etc.; π. τὸν τόνον A.D.Pron.87.15; τῷ τόνῳ Gal.16.495; περισπώμεναι [λέξεις] D.H.Comp.11; περισπωμένη [προσῳδία] D.T.630.2, Ph.1.29; [[περισπώμενος]] [[φθόγγος]] ib.46.