περιστέλλω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From περι- (peri-, “around”) +‎ στέλλω (stéllō, “I make ready, I prepare”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pe.ris.tél.lɔː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pe.risˈtel.lo/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pe.risˈtel.lo/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pe.risˈtel.lo/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pe.risˈte.lo/

Verb

περιστέλλω • (peristéllō)

I dress, I clothe, I wrap up
1. 1. 1. I employ compression
    2. I cut down, I retrench; I am dispensed with
  2. I lay out a corpse, I bury
2. I am contracted round
3. I wrap, I cloak, I cover
  1. I conceal something from
4. I protect, I defend
5. I attend to, I cherish
6. I withdraw from society

Descendants

περισταλτικός (peristaltikós, “clasping and compressing”, adjective)
⇒ English: peristaltic (adjective)

References

“περιστέλλω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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