surround
From LSJ
νέῳ δὲ σιγᾶν μᾶλλον ἢ λαλεῖν πρέπει → it's fitting for a young man to keep silence rather than to speak (Menander)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
encircle P. and V. κυκλοῦσθαι, περιβάλλειν, V. ἀμπέχειν, ἀμπίσχειν, ἀμφιβάλλειν, περιπτύσσειν; see encircle.
be spread round: V. ἀμφιβαίνειν.
surround an enemy: P. περικλῄειν (or mid.), P. and V. κυκλοῦσθαι; see also besiege.
surround with a wall: Ar. and P. περιτειχίζειν.
stand around: P. and V. περιίστασθαι (Euripides, Bacchae 1106), V. ἀμφίστασθαι.
Met., of dangers, etc.: P. περιίστασθαι (dat.); see threaten.
be around: P. περιεῖναι (acc.), περιέχειν (acc.); see enclose.
put around: Ar. and P. περιτιθέναι (τί τινι), περιάπτειν (τί τινι), Ar. and V. ἀμφιτιθέναι (τί τινι).
