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περικρατέω

περικρατέω, have full command of : hold fast

περικρᾰτ-έω,
  • have full command of: hold fast, βέλος χειρί Hp. VC 11: c. gen., εὐγενείας Herm. ap. Stob. 1.49.44.
      • 2 lord it over, Ἑλλάδος Σφίγγα περικρατοῦσαν Carm.Pop. 46.24, cf. Iamb. ap. Simp. in Cat. 375.17; prevail over, ἐχθρῶν Ph. 2.383; control, π. τῶν παθῶν ὁ λογισμός LXX 4 Ma. 1.9; ἄνθρωποι π. πάντων J. AJ 11.3.4; προσώπου, of an actor, Simp. in Epict. p.125 D.; master with the mind, θεωρημάτων Ph. 1.105, cf. PGnom.Praef. (ii A. D.), Theol.Ar. 59: abs., v.l. in Plu. Cupid. 2.526f:— Pass., to be mastered, cured, of a disease, Archig. ap. Aët. 9.40.

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