περιπολέω

peripoleo

go round

Appears 4 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Phaedrus 2
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252c5
246b7
Theaetetus 1
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176a8
Timaeus 1
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41a3

Dictionary (LSJ)

περιπολέω, A. go round or about, wander about, S. OT 1254; καθ; Ἑλλάδα E. IT 84,1455 ; μετά τινος Pl. Phdr. 252c ; ἡ στρατιὰ ἡ μετὰ βασιλέως περιπολοῦσα Isoc. 4.145 ; of the sun or stars, Pl. Ti. 41a, Arist. Fr. 10, Epicur. Ep. 2p.52U.: aor. Pass. in med. sense, D.L. 8.4. II. c. acc. loci, traverse, οὐρανόν Pl. Phdr. 246b ; τόνδε τὸν τόπον Id. Tht. 176a ; π. στρατόν prowl about it, E. Rh. 773 ; ἔρως ὁ τὰς πόλεις π. Philostr. Ep. 5, etc. 2. at Athens, οἱ ταχθέντες . . περιπιπολεῖν τὴν χώραν to patrol the country, X. Vect. 4.52 ; οἱ ἔφηβοι . . π. τὴν χώραν Arist. Ath. 42.4, cf. IG 12.99.22 (prob.).

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