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περιχάσκω, open the mouth wide, gape

περιχάσκω, aor. 2 περιέχᾰνον and pf. περικέχηνα (as if from περιχαίνω, which is post-classical):—
  • open the mouth wide, gape, Hp. Morb. 2.26, Phld. Rh. 1.194 S.
        • b open a girdle, Heliod. ap. Orib. 48.58.5 (s.v.l.).
    • II close the jaws over, take into the mouth, Arist. HA 604b18, D.S. 10.18, Dsc. Eup. 2.138, Luc. Merc.Cond. 3, Ael. NA 4.33, Hippiatr. 119; π. τὸν ἀέρα snap at the air, of a lion, Ach.Tat. 2.22.

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