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περιάγνυμι

περιάγνυμι, to bend and break all round

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περιαγνύναι present active infinitive of περιάγνυμι

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περιάγνῡμι and περιαγνύω (Chio Ep. 13.2): pf. part. (in pass. sense) περιεᾱγώς Inscr.Délos 396 B 86 (ii B. C.):—
  • bend and break all round, τὸν βραχίονα Chio l.c.; κρημνοῖς τὰς ναῦς π. wreck the ships upon them, App. BC 2.150:—Pass., ὅσσους . . μέλαν περιάγνυται ὕδωρ A.R. 2.791.
      • 2 once in Hom., of sound, ὂψ περιάγνυται the voice is broken all round, i.e. spreads all round, Il. 16.78; περὶ δέ σφισιν ἄγνυτο ἠχώ echo broke forth around them, Hes. Sc. 279.
      • 3 κόλπου περιαγνυμένου, Lat. recurvus, Agath. 5.22.

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