περιτρέχω

peritrecho

run round and round

Appears 8 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Theaetetus 2
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200c3
202a5
Clitophon 1
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410a2
Hipparchus 1
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231c3
Laws 1
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Book IV 1
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720c2
Letters 1
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333e2
Philebus 1
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15d5
Symposium 1
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173a1

Dictionary (LSJ)

περιτρέχω, fut. -θρέξομαι Ar. Ra. 193, -δρᾰμοῦμαι Id. V. 138 : aor. περιέδρᾰμον Id. Eq. 56 ; but inf. -θρέξαι Id. Th. 657 : pf. -δεδράμηκα Pl. Clit. 41oa, -δέδρομα (v. infr. ΙΙ.1b) :—A. run round and round, τὸ δῶμα π., said by a drunken man, Thgn. 505 ; π. τὰ κυνίδια X. Oec. 13.8 ; π. δεῦρο Ar. V. 138 ; π. εἰς ταὐτόν come round, return to the same point, Pl. Tht. 200c, cf. Clit.l.c. 2. run about everywhere, οἱ δὲ πυππάζουσι περιτρέχοντες Cratin. 52 ; κύκλῳ π. καὶ βοᾶν Alex. 174.1 ; π. ὅπῃ τύχοιμι Pl. Smp. 173a, cf. Lys. 30.21 : generally, to be in motion, circulate, Plot. 6.3.24 ; ἡ περιτρέχουσα ὑγρότης flexibility of movement, of a surgeon operating, Plu. 2.67e. 3. metaph., to be current, in vogue, ταῦτα περιτρέχοντα πᾶσι προσφέρεσθαι Pl. Tht. 202a ; ἡ περιτρέχουσα ἑταιρεία common society, Id. Ep. 333e ; ὀνόματα περιτρέχοντα current, D.H. Din. 2 ; τέχνη περιτρέχουσα, of Rhetoric, comprehensive art, ars circumcurrens, Quint. Inst. 2.21.7. II. c. acc., run round, τὴν λίμνην κύκλῳ Ar. Ra. 193; run round searching, τὴν Πύκνα πᾶσαν Id. Th. 657 ; run up to from all sides, τὸν δὲ βληθέντα περιέδραμε ὅμιλος Hdt. 8.128. b. of things, esp. in pf. -δέδρομα, encompass, surround, περιδέδρομεν ἅψεα νοῦσος A.R. 3.676 ; φήμη κακὴ -δέδρομεν αὐτούς Man. 2.298 ; ὠκεανὸς π. γαῖαν D.P. 41, cf. Theoc. Ep. 4.5. 2. metaph., circumvent, take in, Ar. Eq. 56.

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