περιέρχομαι

perierchomai

go round, go about

Appears 8 times across Aristotle's works.

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History of Animals 3
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Book VI 2
Chapter 10 564b14–566a1

565a17
565a19
Book VIII 1
Chapter 12 596b19–597b30

597b24
On the Heavens 2
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Book I 2
Chapter 5 271b1–273a6

272b14
272b31
Posterior Analytics 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 12 95a10–96a19

96a6
On Generation and Corruption 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 10 336a15–337a33

337a5
Oeconomica 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 2 1346a32–1353b27

1346b3

Dictionary (LSJ)

περιέρχομαι, impf. περιηρχόμην Ar. Th. 504 cod.:—A. go round, go about, Th. 4.36, etc.; πάντοθεν Hdt. 7.225; κατὰ τὴν ἀγοράν Ar. Lys. 558; κατὰ πᾶσαν χώραν D. 23.139; ἐν κύκλῳ Pl. Plt. 283b; go about like a beggar, πρὸς τοὺς φίλους X. Cyr. 8.2.16; like a stranger seeing sights, Id. Oec. 10.10 : c. part., go about doing a thing, Ar. Th. 504 cod., Pl. Ap. 30a, Critias 37 D., D. 13.19 : c. acc. cogn., π. στάδια χίλια Ar. Av. 6; π. ἀπέραντον ὁδόν Pl. Tht. 147c; δὔ ἢ τρεῖς δρόμους Id. Euthd. 273a; [πρεσβείας καὶ κατηγορίας] D. 9.72; ποικίλως τὸν βίον π. Vett. Val.40.28 : c. acc. loci, π. [τὸν βωμόν] Ar. Pax 958; βωμοὺς ἅπαντας ἐν κύκλῳ Id. Pl. 679; τὴν πόλιν And. 1.99; τὴν ἀλορὰν κύκλῳ D. 19.225; τὴν χώραν π. survey it, Id. 18.150. 2. c. acc. pers., in Hom. (only in tmesi), encompass, of sounds, τὸν . . περὶ φρένας ἤλυθʼ ἰωή Il. 10.139, cf. Od. 17.261; τὸν . . περὶ κτύπος ἦλθε ποδοῖιν 19.444; of the effect of wine, Κύκλωπα περὶ φρένας ἤλυθεν οἶνος 9.362. 3. overreach, cheat, σοφίῃ π. τινά Hdt. 3.4, cf. Ar. Eq. 1142 (lyr.), Plu. Nic. 10. 4. later, in lit. sense, surround, κύκλῳ π. τοὺς πολεμίους Id. Publ. 22, cf. Ages. 38. II. go round and return to a point, come round, αὖτις ἐς τυραννίδας περιῆλθον Hdt. 1.96; περιῆλθεν ἐς ὀκτὼ ὁμιλητὰς ἐς τεττάρων καὶ τριάκοντα came down to . . , Philostr. VA 4.37; of things, events, etc., ἡ ἡγεμονίη περιῆλθε . . ἐς τὸ γένος, ἡ βασιληΐη περιῆλθε ἔς τινα, Hdt. 1.7,187,al.; περιελήλυθε ὁ πόλεμος καὶ ἀπῖκται ἐς ὑμέας Id. 7.158; ἐς φθίσιν περιῆλθε ἡ νοῦσος the disease ended in . . , ib.88; π. εἰς ἅπαντας ὁ λόγος Plu. 2.151a, cf. Pl. Lg. 866b; ἐπειδὰν οἱ προκείμενοι λόγοι περιέλθωσι X. Smp. 4.20 : c. acc., Πανιώνιον ἡ τίσις περιῆλθε vengeance came at last upon him, Hdt. 8.106; ταῦτα ἰσχυρῶς περιελήλυθε τοὺς πολλούς has taken strong hold upon them, Luc. Luct. 10; τὸ πάθος . . τοὺς πολλοὺς . . π. Id. Hist.Conscr. 2. 2. of Time, come round, περιῆλθεν ὁ ἐνιαυτός X. Cyr. 8.6.19. 3. of the heavenly bodies, rotate, revolve, ὁ οὐρανὸς π. Arist. Cael. 272b14; ὁπόταν ὁ ἥλιος τὸν ἑαυτον περιέλθῃ κύκλον Pl. Ti. 39c.

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