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περιπήγνυμι

περιπήγνυμι, to fix round, to make a fence round

περιπήγνῡμι and περιπηγνύω (Plu. Def.orac. 2.433b): also περιπήττω (v. infr.):—
  • fix round, fence round, c. acc. loci, περὶ δὲ πάξαις Ἄλτιν Pi. O. 10(11).45; π. τῷ σώματι χιτῶνα Plu. Sollert. 2.966d:—Pass. with pf. περιπέπηγα, αἷς π. ἡ σαρκώδης οὐσία Gal. 18(2).597; περιπησσέσθωσαν σανίδες Apollod. Poliorc. 173.13; περιπαγῆναί τινι τὸν αὐχένα to have oneʼs neck fixed in it, Ar. Fr. 301.
      • 2 make to congeal round, τὴν τέφραν τῷ βωμῷ Plu. Def.orac. 2.433b:—Pass. with pf. intr. -πέπηγα, τὰ ὑποδήματα π. are frozen on the feet, X. An. 4.5.14; περιπήττεται τὸ ὕδωρ τινί Str. 12.5.4; τὸ δάκρυον [τῆς ἀμπέλου] π. τοῖς στελέχεσι Dsc. 5.1; of a coated tongue, Gal. 17(2).277: metaph., τἀγαθῷ -πεπηγός Dam. Pr. 70.

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