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περιδρύπτω

περιδρύπτω, to tear all round, to peel the bark off

περιδρύπτω,
  • tear all round, peel the bark off a tree, AP 9.706 (Antip.):—Pass., ἀγκῶνας περιδρύφθη (Ep. aor. Pass.) had the skin all torn from off his arms, Il. 23.395, cf. Q.S. 4.540; π. χεῖρας καὶ πρόσωπα Ph. 1.311; δοράς Id. 2.527; περιδρύπτεσθαι τραύμασιν Ach.Tat. 1.12.

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