περιχάσκω

A. open the mouth wide, gape, Hp. Morb. 2.26, Phld. Rh. 1.194S.

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.