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περιθέω

peritheo

run round

Appears 5 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

περιθέω, A. run round, περὶ δὲ χρύσεος θέε πόρκης Il. 6.320, cf. Od. 24.208; τάφρος, τεῖχος περιθέει, Hdt. 1.178, 181; π. περὶ τὴν νῆσον Pl. Criti. 115e: c. acc. loci, τὸ ἄγκος αἱμασιῆς τις π. κύκλος Hdt. 6.74; π. κύκλῳ τὸν φραγμόν X. Cyn. 11.4, cf. Luc. Nigr. 22; π. τὴν Ἰταλίαν Plu. Ant. 16; τὸν βωμόν Porph. Abst. 2.54: c. acc. pers., περιθέοντες ἑκάστους from one to another, App. BC 1.59: metaph., π. τοῖς ὄμμασι τὴν γραφήν Aristaenet. 1.10; τὸ φάρμακον τὴν ψυχὴν π. Luc. Nigr. 37; τὰ στοιχεῖά τινος π. Dam. Pr. 28 bis: c. dat., τοῖς βωμοῖς Hdn. 5.5.9. II. run or gad about, Ar. Eq. 65, Pl. R. 475d: metaph., Plot. 2.2.2,5.1.4, al. III. rotate, revolve, ἀστίδος αἰεὶ περιθεούσης, i. e. as he was always swaying his shield round and round, Hdt. 9.74, cf. Poll. 4.156.
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