περικαλύπτω

perikalypto

cover all round

Appears 5 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 2
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Book VII 1
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793b8
Book XII 1
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942d8
Timaeus 2
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36e3
34b4
Statesman 1
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275e6

Dictionary (LSJ)

περικαλύπτω, A. cover all round, πολέμοιο νέφος περὶ πάντα καλύπτει Il. 17.243, cf. 10.201 ; π. δένδρεον πίλῳ Hdt. 4.23 ; τινὰ ἱματίοισι or ἐν ἱματίῳ, Hp. Aph. 5.59, X. Cyr. 7.3.14 : metaph., π. σωτηρία τοὺς νόμους Pl. Lg. 793b ; τὸ θνητὸν περικάλυπτε τῷ θεῷ (sc. Διονύσῳ), i.e. get drunk, Diph. 20 ; τὰ πάθη Plu. 2.100f ; π. καὶ ἀρνεῖσθαι ib.1013e :—Med. and Pass., cover oneself all round, ib. 51d, etc. II. put round as a covering, αὐτῷ . . περὶ κῶμα κάλυψα put sleep as a cloak around him, Il. 14.359 ; τὸ σῶμα [ψυχῇ] Pl. Ti. 34b ; π. τὰ Χερουβεὶν ἐπὶ τὴν κιβωτόν LXX 3 Ki. 8.7 : metaph., π. τοῖσι πράγμασι σκότον throw a veil of darkness over the deeds, E. Ion 1522.

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