περιαιρέω
Infl. fut. ήσω
Infl. perf. -ῄρηκα
Infl. aor2 περι-εῖλον
Infl. inf. -ελεῖν
I. "to take off something that surrounds, take off an outer coat, take away, strip off", τὰ τείχη Hdt., Thuc.; π. τὸν κέραμον "taking off" the earthen jar into which the gold had been run, Hdt.:—Mid. "to take off from oneself", π. τὴν κυνέην "to take off one's" helmet, Hdt.; βιβλίον περιαιρεόμενος "taking [the cover] off" the letter, i. e. "opening" it, id=Hdt.:—but Mid. often just like Act. "to strip off, take away", Xen., Plat.:—Pass. "to be taken off", τοῦ ἄλλου περιῃρημένου "when" the rest "has been taken away", Thuc.
II. Pass. also c. acc. rei, "to be stript of" a thing, περιῃρημένοι χρήματα καὶ συμμάχους Dem.; τοὺς στεφάνους περιῄρηνται id=Dem.