περιωθέω

periotheo

push, shove about

Appears 5 times across Plato's dialogues.

Frequency by work

Click a work to list every occurrence by Stephanus page — each links into the reader.

Timaeus 5
Open Timaeus ›
Chapter ?

79c6
79e2
79e2
79e6
80c4

Dictionary (LSJ)

περιωθέω, A. push, shove about, περιωθῶν καὶ ἐλαύνων τοὺς ἀνθρώπους D. 21.173. 2. push or force round, π. εἴσω τὴν ἀναπνοήν Pl. Ti. 79c, cf. e, Arist. Resp. 472b18 :—Pass., to be pushed away, περιεώσμεθα ἐκ πάντων Th. 3.57 ; π. ἔν τινι lose oneʼs place in a personʼs favour, ib. 67 ; ἀσθενὲς ὂν π. ὑπὸ τοῦ βιαιοτέρου D.H. 7.25 ; εἰς τὴν φάραγγα -ωσθείς App. BC 1.45 : abs., to be rejected, defeated, Arist. Pol. 1304a8 (v.l. περιωρισθείς), cf. 1306a32. 3. λόγων ἀρετῇ -ωθούμενος moved by . . , J. AJ 17.3.1.

‹ All lexicon entries