περιβολή περιβολή, ἡ, περιβάλλω anything which is thrown round, a covering, Plat.; χειρῶν περιβολαί embraces, Eur.; so περιβολαί alone, Xen.; περιβολαὶ χθονός, i. e. the grave, Eur.; π. ξίφεος a scabbard, Eur.: absol. of walls round a town, ἑπτάπυργοι π. Eur. a space enclosed, compass, οἰκίης μεγάλης περιβολή a house of large compass, Hdt. a circumference, circuit, Thuc.; π. ποιεῖσθαι to make a circuit, Xen. metaph., a compassing, endeavouring after, τῆς ἀρχῆς, Lat. affectatio imperii, Xen. ἡ π. τοῦ λόγου the whole compass of the matter, long and short of it, Isocr.