περιγράφω

perigrapho

draw a line round

Appears 6 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Nicomachean Ethics 2
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Book I 2
Chapter 7 1097a15–1098b8

1098a20
1098a23
Metaphysics 2
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Book Ε 1
Chapter 1 1025b3–1026a32

1025b8
Book Κ 1
Chapter 7 1063b36–1064b14

1064a2
Rhetoric 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 22 1395b21–1397a6

1396b7
Topics 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 1 100a18–101a24

101a15

Dictionary (LSJ)

περιγράφω [ᾰ], A. draw a line round, περιγράφει τῇ μαχαίρῃ ἐς τὸ ἔδαφος τὸν ἥλιον Hdt. 8.137; π. κύκλον draw a circle round, Id. 7.60 ; π. ὅσον ἐναριστᾶν κύκλον Eup. 250 ; ἡ ταῦτα τὰ πεδία περιγράφουσα γραμμή Plb. 2.14.8: abs., describe a circle, Ar. Pax 879. b. Geom., circumscribe, περὶ κύκλον τρίγωνον Euc. 4.3,5, cf. Archim. Sph.Cyl. 1.3,al.; τὸ περιγεγραμμένον σχῆμα τῷ τομεῖ ib.40. 2. define, determine, limit, π. τοῦ ἔτους χρόνον X. Mem. 1.4.12 ; π. ὅτι . . ἐγγύτατα τοῦ πράγματος Arist. Rh. 1396b8 ; τὴν πολλὴν βρῶσιν Heraclid. Tar. ap. Ath. 2.64e :—Med.,Arist. Metaph. 1064a2:—Pass., περιεγέγραπτο, ὡς ἔοικε, . . μέχρι ὅσου ἡ νίκη ἐδέδοτο αὐτοῖς X. HG 7.5.13 ; to be bounded, D.S. 3.41 ; to be circumscribed, Ti.Locr. 97e, Plot. 6.4.7, Dam. Pr. 113, etc.: Rhet., αἱ ἔννοιαι . . ἐφʼ ἑαυτῶν περιγραφόμεναι being self-contained, Hermog. Id. 1.3. 3. terminate, conclude, τὴν βίβλον D.S. 2.60, 3.74, etc. ; τὰς ὑποθήκας Plu. 2.14a ; ἀγχόνῃ τὸ ζην Ath. 9.388c:—Pass., Placit. 3.8.2. 4. bring to an end, cure a disease, Archig. ap. Gal. 8.90, Sor. 2.16 (Pass.), Gal. 13.860. II. draw in outline, trace or sketch, delineate τοὺς θεούς Phld. Piet. 81:—Med., σκιὰν περιγράψασθαι draw oneself an outline, Poll. 7.129:—Pass., περιγεγράφθω ταύτῃ Arist. EN 1098a20; τὰ δυνατὰ -γραφῆναι Phld. Ir.p.62W.; περιγεγραμμένους μῦς well-marked muscles, Antyll. ap. Orib. 7.7.8. III. enclose as it were within brackets, cancel, annul (cf. διαγράφω), Demonic. 1.3, Plu. 2.334c, PSI 1.64.15 (Pass., i A.D.); τὸ φιλεῖν AP 5.67 (Lucill. or Polemo Rex); τὸ πρὸς δόξαν ἢ τρυφὴν ἅπαν π. Epict. Ench. 33 ; π. τινὰ ἐκ πολιτείας exclude from civic privileges, Aeschin. 3.209 ; τινὰ τοῦ ζῆν Vett. Val. 150.10:— Pass., Hld. 10.20. 2. reject as spurious, Ath. 5.180e; remove from a text, A.D. Synt. 6.3,al. IV. in Law, defraud, in Pass., PAmh. 2.77.7 (ii A. D.), etc.; also, circumvent, διάταξιν Just. Nov. 55 Praef.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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