περιστέλλω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From περι- (peri-, “around”) +‎ στέλλω (stéllō, “to make ready, to 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)

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