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περιαιρέω

periaireo

take away something that surrounds, strip off, remove

Appears 9 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

περιαιρέω, aor. περιεῖλον Hdt. 3.159, etc.:—A. take away something that surrounds, strip off, remove, c. acc. rei, τεῖχος Hdt. l.c., cf. 6.46, Th. 1.108, 4.51, 133; π. τὸν κέραμον taking off the earthen jar into which the gold had been run, Hdt. 3.96; π. τὸν χιτῶνα Arist. HA 557b20; δέρματα σωμάτων π. strip skins off from . . , Pl. Plt. 288e; αὐτοῦ τὰ κοινὰ πάντα περιελόντες Id. Sph. 264e; π. τινὰ αὐτοῦ τῆς ἐξουσίας Hdn. 3.11.3; simply, take away from, τῶν πολεμικῶν τὸ μελετᾶν X. Cyr. 2.1.21, etc.:—Med., take off from oneself, π. τὴν κυνέην, τὴν σφρηγῖδα, take off oneʼs helmet, oneʼs signet-ring, Hdt. 2.151, 3.41; τὰς ταινίας Pl. Smp. 213a; βυβλίον περιαιρεόμενος taking [the cover] off oneʼs letter, i. e. opening it, Hdt. 3.128; π. τὴν ἐξουσίαν τῆς ἀπολογίας αὑτοῦ Lycurg. 35: but Med. is freq. used like Act., strip off, take away, τὸ περιελέσθαι αὐτῶν τὰ ὅπλα X. Cyr. 8.1.47; εἴ τις περιελοιτο τῆς ποιήσεως τὸ μέλος Pl. Grg. 502c (v.l. for περιέλοι) τὴν Ἀττικὴν ὑμῶν περιῄρηνται D. 19.220 ; ἁπάντων τὴν ἐλευθερίαν περιείλετο Id. 18.65; περιείλοντό μου ὑποζύγια δύο PCair.Zen. 659.7(iii B. C.):—Pass., to be taken off, τοὐπίβλημʼ ἐπεὶ περιῃρέθη Nicostr.Com. 15; τοῦ ἄλλου περιῃρημένου when the rest has been taken away, Th. 3.11; περιῃρημένων τοσούτων κακῶν Pl. Phdr. 231b; τείχη περιῃρημένα D. 19.65. 2. make void, cancel a vow, LXXNu. 30.13. 3. strike off, cancel an item in an account, PCair.Zen. 147 (iii B. C.):—Pass., Sammelb. 5136.8 (iii A. D.). II. Pass., c. acc. rei, to be stripped of a thing, have a thing taken off or away from one, περιῃρημένοι χρήματα καὶ συμμάχους D. 3.31; περιαιρεθεὶς τὰ ὄντα Id. 21.138; τοὺς στεφάνους περιῄρηνται Id. 26.5: with acc. understood, περιαιρεθήσεσθαι ἤμελλον Epicur. Nat. 15.34.
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