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περιβόλαιον

περιβόλαιον, that which is thrown round, a covering

περιβόλ-αιον, τό, (περιβάλλω)
  • that which is thrown round, covering, θανάτου περιβόλαια corpse-clothes, E. HF 549; σαρκὸς π. ἡβῶντα youthful incasements of flesh, i.e. youth, manhood, ib. 1269, cf. PStrassb. 91.9 (i B. C.); freq. in LXX, De. 22.12, al. (metaph., π. χαλκοῦν ἡ ἰσχύς σου Je. 15.12); womanʼs headgear, 1 Ep.Cor. 11.15; covering for the feet, Plu. Arat. 43; chariot-cover, Id. Alex. 67; bedcover, Gal. 18(1).103; padding, περιβόλαια σπληνῶν ib.(2).381; dressing-gown, warm wrap, Herod.Med. ap. Orib. 10.18.13, Archig. ap. Gal. 13.264.
    • II = περίβολος II.2, CIG 4590 (Palestine).

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