Περιχαίνω

I close my jaws round, I take entirely into my mouth

Translated by David Whitehead11 Dec 2002Vetting: high5 revisions

1 note · 22 words

[Used] with an accusative.
Dogs do something of the kind, when they take into their mouths stones that are thrown at them.¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Περιχαίνω· αἰτιατικῇ. οἷόν τι ποιοῦσιν οἱ κύνες, τοὺς λίθους, οἷς βάλλονται, περιχαίνοντες.

Betacode

*perixai/nw: ai)tiatikh=|. oi(=o/n ti poiou=sin oi( ku/nes, tou\s li/qous, oi(=s ba/llontai, perixai/nontes.

Notes (1)

The headword perixai/nw is a post-classical variant of perixa/skw.
1Perhaps a faint reflection, as Jonathan Toup (1713-1785) suggested, of Plato, Republic 469D-E (dogs -- or more exactly bitches -- snarl at stones thrown at them, while keeping clear of the throwers: web address 1). ↩

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

π1347Περιφύςclinging π1348Περιχυθέντεςcrowding around π1349ΠεριχαίνωI close my jaws round, I take entirely into my mouth π1350Περιχάρειαexcessive joy π1351Περιχαρίανexcessive joy

Revision history5 revisions · last 30 Sep 2013

30 Sep 2013Revised — David Whitehead
15 Sep 2011fixed link — Catharine Roth
4 Aug 2011expanded n.1 — David Whitehead
10 Jun 2004augmented note — David Whitehead
10 Jun 2004added link and keyword, set status — Catharine Roth
11 Dec 2002Translated — David Whitehead