περιβαίνω

peribaino

go round

Appears 6 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 6
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Book 5 1
Chapter ?

521
Book 8 1
Chapter ?

8331
Book 13 1
Chapter ?

13420
Book 14 1
Chapter ?

14424
Book 17 2
Chapter ?

1780
17313

Dictionary (LSJ)

περιβαίνω, fut. -βήσομαι: aor. περιέβην, Ep. περίβην (v. infr.) :— A. go round, esp. of one defending a fallen comrade, bestride him, ἀλλὰ θέων περίβη καί οἱ σάκος ἀμφεκάλυψε Il. 8.331, 13.420, cf. Plu. Nic. 13; π. τὰ πίπτοντα σώματα D.S. 17.25 : c. gen., περιβῆναι ἀδελφειοῦ κταμένοιο Il. 5.21; περὶ τρόπιος βεβαῶτα Od. 5.130: and c. dat., Πατρόκλῳ περιβάς Il. 17.80, cf. 313; ὡς δὲ κύων . . περὶ σκυλάκεσσι βεβῶσα Od. 20.14, cf. Ar. Eq. 1039. 2. bestride, as a rider does a horse, ἵππον Plu. Pyrrh. 11, 2.213e; ἐς ἵππον Malch.p.394 D.; οἱ περιβεβηκότες those mounted on the elephants, D.S. 17.88; of the male camel, Arist. HA 540a14; περὶ τὴν ψωλὴν π. Ar. Lys. 979 (anap.). II. of sound, come round oneʼs ears, τινι S. Ant. 1209. III. Aeol., pass by or beyond, in Pass., περβέβαται χρόνος Alc. Oxy. 1788 Fr. 15 ii 17 (p.38 Lobel).

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