περισπάω

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

περι- (peri-) +‎ σπάω (spáō)

Pronunciation

 

Verb

περῐσπᾰ́ω (perispáō)

  1. I draw off from around, strip off
    • 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Letters 9.10:
      τῶν δ᾽ ἄλλων ἃ περὶ τοῖς σώμασιν ἔχουσι περισπῶντες
      but from the others stripping off the clothing which they wear on their persons
    1. (middle voice) I strip myself of
      • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 3.1.13:
        περιεσπάσατο τὴν τιάραν καὶ τοὺς πέπλους κατερρήξατο
        periespásato tḕn tiáran kaì toùs péplous katerrhḗxato
        [he] stripped off his turban and rent his garments
    2. I strip bare
  2. (of a general or army) I wheel about, esp. wheel twice
  3. I draw off, draw away, divert
    • ἐπειρᾶτο τιμαῖς καὶ δωρεαῖς ἀποκαλεῖν αὐτοῦ τὰ στρατεύματα καὶ περισπᾶν τὴν δύναμιν :
      and they endeavoured by honors and gifts to recall his troops and draw away his power
    1. I detach
      • 95 CE – 165 CE, Appian, Hannibalic War 56:
        τοῦ δὲ αὐτοῦ χρόνου [] περιέσπασεν ἀπὸ Ἀννίβου Κράσσος.
        toû dè autoû khrónou [] periéspasen apò Anníbou Krássos.
        During the same time Crassus detached [] from Hannibal.
    2. I disturb, vex
    3. I divert, distract
      • 50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of Luke 10:40:
        ἡ δὲ Μάρθα περιεσπᾶτο περὶ πολλὴν διακονίαν
        hē dè Mártha periespâto perì pollḕn diakonían
        But Martha was distracted with much serving
    4. I steal
      • 170 CE – 250 CE, Philostratus, Gym. 45:
        καὶ ἀργυροῦν μὲν ἢ χρυσοῦν περισπῶντι ἀνάθημα ἢ διαφθείροντι
        kaì arguroûn mèn ḕ khrusoûn perispônti anáthēma ḕ diaphtheíronti
        and if one steals or destroys the gold or silver offering
    5. (passive voice, with infinitive) I am compelled
  4. (grammar) I pronounce with the circumflex (esp. on the last syllable)
    • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Theseus 26:
      οὐκ ὀρθῶς τὴν δευτέραν συλλαβὴν περισπῶντας
      ouk orthôs tḕn deutéran sullabḕn perispôntas
      incorrectly pronouncing a circumflex on the second syllable

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