περί — Anabasis Mather

περί [bor., Eng. perimeter, period], prep. with gen., dat., or acc., round, about, With gen., only figuratively in prose, about, concerning, with regard to, for; in a contest of, 53 περὶ πλείστου, of the greatest importance; wept παντός, αὐτὰ περὶ Προξένου, news of Proxenus. With dat., round, about, in prose commonly of parts of the body. With acc., round, about, attending, including the person attended (cp. ἀμφί), of περὶ Ἀριαῖον, Ariacus and his men; busy about; with respect to, of time, about. In cpds., round, about, over, sometimes denoting superiority (see περιγίγνομαι); cp. Eng. words beginning with peri-, as pericardium, perihelion, peritoneum, also see above.

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around, round about with gen., dat., and acc.

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