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πέριξ

perix

round about, all round

Appears 6 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

πέριξ, strengthd. for περί, mostly Ion. Prose and Trag. (in latter usu. Adv.): I. Prep., round about, all round, c. gen., Hdt. 1.179, 2.91, X. An. 7.8.12, Epicur. Ep. 2p.51U., etc. 2. rarely c. dat., E. Ph. 710. 3. commonly c. acc., Hdt. 1.196, 3.158, 4.36, al.: mostly before its case, but also after, ib.52,79, as also in A. Pers. 368, dub. in E. HF 243. II. Adv. round about, π. ὑπορύσσοντες τὸ τεῖχος Hdt. 5.115 ; π. λαβεῖν ἄνθρωπον to surround him, ib.87; κύκλῳ π. A. Pers. 418, dub. in S. Ant. 1301, E. Andr. 266 ; [Ὠκεανὸς] π. γᾶν ἀμπέχει Limen. 10 : metaph., πᾶν π. φρονοῦντες circuitously, E. Andr. 448 : rare in Att. Prose, π. πολιορκεῖν Th. 6.90; ὁ π. τόπος, οἱ π., Pl. Ti. 62e, X. Cyr. 1.5.2, cf. Epicur. Ep. 2p.47U.; ὁ π. χρόνος, i.e. all times save the present, Arist. Int. 16b18 ; τὸ π. ὕδωρ Thphr. Sens. 26 ; later αἱ π. πόλεις Act.Ap. 5.16 ; αἱ π. κῶμαι SIG 880.44 (Pizus, iii A.D.).
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