Περιέχεσθαι

to comprehend, to encompass, to embrace, to surround

Translated by Kyle Heath17 Nov 2005Vetting: high4 revisions

3 notes · 31 words

Translation

[Used] with a genitive. [Meaning] to cling to,1 to consider. "Neither/nor to surround [the] Romans right here."2
But [sc. also] with accusative, as in: "a storm of sins surrounds me, savior."3

Greek original · Adler’s text

Περιέχεσθαι· γενικῇ. ἀντέχεσθαι, φροντίζειν. μήτε αὐτοῦ πάνυ περιέχεσθαι Ῥωμαίους. αἰτιατικῇ δὲ ὡς τό, ζάλη ἁμαρτημάτων περιέχει με, σώτηρ.

Betacode
*perie/xesqai: genikh=|. a)nte/xesqai, fronti/zein. mh/te au)tou= pa/nu perie/xesqai *(rwmai/ous. ai)tiatikh=| de\ w(s to/, za/lh a(marthma/twn perie/xei me, sw/thr. 

Notes (3)

  1. cf. pi 1140.
  2. 1Same (substantive) glossing in other lexica; references at Photius pi683 Theodoridis. ↩
  3. 2Quotation (which in fact illustrates the accusative usage about to be mentioned) unidentifiable. ↩
  4. 3Quotation (with the active voice of the headword verb) unidentifiable. ↩

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Revision history4 revisions · last 25 Sep 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. augmented notes; another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  3. tweaked headword and translation; added notes and more keywords — David Whitehead
  4. modified translation — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — Kyle Heath

Cite this entry

“to comprehend, to encompass, to embrace, to surround.” Suda On Line. Tr. Kyle Heath. 17 November 2005. <https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/pi/1139>. Read at ReadSuda: <https://readsuda.org/pi/1139>.

Translation by Kyle Heath for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 1.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Licence & terms

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