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1 διαθλώ
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2 περικλάω
A twist round, bend, [ τὴν φλόγα] Thphr.Ign.53 ;τοὺς ἀγκῶνας LXX 4 Ma.10.6
: but usu. break off, [ τὰς δρῦς] Ael.VH9.18 ; τῷ κράνει π. τὸ ξίφος break it round the helmet, Plu.Sull.14 :—[voice] Pass.,περικεκλασμέναι ῥάβδοι Thphr.HP4.6.10
;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.AJ15.9.6
.2 in Optics, refract, Cleom.2.1 ([voice] Pass.).II wheel an army round to the right or left, ἐπὶ δόρυ orἐπ' ἀσπίδα Plb.11.12.4
, cf. 11.23.2 ; also π. τὸν Τίβεριν ἐπὶ τὸ Κίρκαιον divert it, Plu.Caes.58.2 [voice] 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
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