περικλάω

periklao

twist round, bend

Appears 7 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Rhetoric 4
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Book I 1
Chapter 7 1363b5–1365b20

1365a31
Book III 3
Chapter 10 1410b6–1411b21

1411a2
1411a15

Chapter 18 1418b40–1419b9

1419a2
Politics 2
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Book II 2
Chapter 12 1273b27–1274b28

1274a8
1274a9
Physiognomonics 1
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Chapter 6 810a14–814b9

813a16

Dictionary (LSJ)

περικλάω, A. twist round, bend, [τὴν φλόγα] Thphr. Ign. 53 ; τοὺς ἀγκῶνας LXX 4 Ma. 10.6 : but usu. break off, [τὰς δρῦς] Ael. VH 9.18 ; τῷ κράνει π. τὸ ξίφος break it round the helmet, Plu. Sull. 14 :—Pass., περικεκλασμέναι ῥάβδοι Thphr. HP 4.6.10; περικλασθήσονται κλῶνες LXX Wi. 4.5 ; κολοσσὸς -κλασθεὶς ἀπὸ τῶν γονάτων Str. 14.25 ; περικλώμενα τοῖς αὑτῶν βρίθεσι bent and broken by . . , Plu. Sull. 12 ; περικεκλασμένον σχῆμα bent and bowed down, Id. 2.878c ; of persons, τοῖς σώμασι -κλώμενοι Arist. Phgn. 813a16, cf. Theoc. 21.48 ; but also, arched, θώραξ Gal. 18(1).420 ; περικλώμενος κλύδων J. AJ 15.9.6. 2. in Optics, refract, Cleom. 2.1 (Pass.). II. wheel an army round to the right or left, ἐπὶ δόρυ or ἐπʼ ἀσπίδα Plb. 11.12.4, cf. 11.23.2 ; also π. τὸν Τίβεριν ἐπὶ τὸ Κίρκαιον divert it, Plu. Caes. 58. 2. Pass., of missiles, ricochet, Ph. Bel. 79.19. III. τόποι περικεκλασμένοι rough, broken ground, Plb. 12.20.6 ; so λόφοι περικεκλ. Id. 18.22.9 ; οἰκίαι περικεκλ. houses on such ground, Id. 9.26A.7 ; περικεκλασμένας λόφοις ἐρημίας Onos. 6.7.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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