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|Definition=περιπετές, ([[περιπίπτω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[falling round]], <b class="b3">ἀμφὶ μέσσῃ π. προσκείμενος</b> lying with his [[arm]]s [[clasp]]ed [[round]] her [[waist]], S.''Ant.''1223.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[surrounded by]], [[wrapped in]], πέπλοισι A.''Ag.''233 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[ἔγχος]] π. = the [[sword]] [[round]] [[which]] (i.e. on which) he has [[fall]]en, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''907.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[falling in with]], [[falling into]] [[evil]], <b class="b3">καταστῆσαί τινα δεινῷ μηδενὶ π.</b> D.''Ep.''5.1; <b class="b3">π. γίγνεσθαι</b>, = [[περιπίπτειν]], [[fall among]], τοῖς σταυροῖς καὶ τοῖς ὀρύγμασι Plu. ''Pomp.''62; πολέμοις Id.''Cic.''42: π. εἶναι τῇ χολῇ τινος Luc.''Pseudol.''1; πόλις αὐτὴ ἑαυτῇ π. γενομένη Plu.''Phoc.''33; ἀλλήλοις Anon. ap. Suid.; <b class="b3">π. ποιεῖν αὑτοῖς τοὺς πολεμίους</b> cause them to [[fall foul of]] each other, Plu.''Marc.''26; π. τοῖς ἑαυτῶν λόγοις Hermog.''Stat.''1 (cf. [[περιπίπτω]] II.3); <b class="b3">π. τῇ αἰτίᾳ γενέσθαι</b> become [[liable]] to the [[charge]], Plu.''CG''10.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[changing]] or [[turning]] [[suddenly]], of a man's [[fortune]]s, esp. from good to bad, <b class="b3">περιπετέα ἐποιήσαντο σφίσι… τὰ πρήγματα</b> a [[sudden reverse]], Hdt. 8.20; π. τύχαι E.''Andr.''982; cf. [[περιπέτεια]].