περίειμι εἰμί sum inf. -εῖναι part. περι-ών to be around a place, c. dat., Thuc.; τὰ περιόντα circumstances, Dem. to be better than, superior to another, surpass, excel, c. gen., Il., Hdt.; περίεσσι γυναικῶν εἶδός τε μέγεθός τε Od.; οἳ περὶ μὲν βουλὴν Δαναῶν, περὶ δ’ ἐστὲ μάχεσθα ( = μάχην) Il.; c. dat. rei, σοφίᾳ π. τῶν Ἑλλήνων Plat.: absol. to be superior, Hdt., etc.; ἐκ περιόντος at an advantage, Thuc. to overlive, outlive, τινι Hdt.: absol. to survive, remain alive, Hdt., Dem., etc.:—of things, to be extant, to be in existence, Hdt. to be over and above, to remain in hand, of property, money, etc., Thuc.; οἰόμενοι περιεῖναι χρήματά τῳ imagining that any one has a balance in his hands, Dem. to be a result or consequence, περίεστιν ὑμῖν ἐκ τούτων what you have got by all this is . . , Dem.; τοσοῦτον ὑμῖν περίεστιν τοῦ πρὸς ἐμὲ μίσους you have so much hatred against me left, Philipp. ap. Dem.; c. inf., περίεστι ὑμῖν αὐτοῖς ἐρίζειν it remains for you to quarrel with them, Dem.