περισπειράω

A. wind round, τὴν ἐσθῆτα τῇ κεφαλῇ Plu. Cam. 25 :— Med., τὰ μέσα . . ὁπλίταις περιεσπειραμένος having concentrated his troops around . . , Id. Ages. 31 :—Pass., form round, ἀνδρῶν κύκλῳ περιεσπειραμένων Id. Cic. 22 ; of serpents, etc., twine, coil round, δράκοντα περιεσπειραμένον τὸ δέρος D.S. 4.48 : c. dat., τισι Luc. Hist. Conscr. 29 ; τῷ ποδί Id. Dips. 6 : metaph., insinuate oneself into, τὰς αὐλάς Eun. Hist. p.257 D.