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περίειμι
περίειμι εἶμι ibo inf. -ιέναι part. περι-ιών to go round fetch a compass, Hdt.; π. κατὰ νώτου τινί to get round and take him in rear, Thuc.:— to go about with idle questions or stories, Dem. c. acc. loci, to go round, compass, π. τὸν νηὸν κύκλῳ Hdt.; π. φυλακάς to go round the guards, visit them, Hdt.:—of sounds, αὐλῶν σε περίεισιν πνοή Ar. to come round to one, in succession or by inheritance, ἢ ἀρχή, βασιληίη περίεισι εἴς τινα Hdt. of revolving periods, χρόνου περιιόντος as time came round, Hdt.; περιιόντι τῷ θέρει Thuc.

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be superior, survive, be left over
go around

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περίειμι εἶμι ibo inf. -ιέναι part. περι-ιών to go round fetch a compass, Hdt.; π. κατὰ νώτου τινί to get round and take him in rear, Thuc.:— to go about with idle questions or stories, Dem. c. acc. loci, to go round, compass, π. τὸν νηὸν κύκλῳ Hdt.; π. φυλακάς to go round the guards, visit them, Hdt.:—of sounds, αὐλῶν σε περίεισιν πνοή Ar. to come round to one, in succession or by inheritance, ἢ ἀρχή, βασιληίη περίεισι εἴς τινα Hdt. of revolving periods, χρόνου περιιόντος as time came round, Hdt.; περιιόντι τῷ θέρει Thuc.
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25598
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urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n25627
Key:
peri/eimi2

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