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|Definition=ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[carrying round]], of [[dish]]es at [[table]]: hence, [[meats carried round]], [[course]] at dinner, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''2.2.4, Heraclid.Tarent. ap. Ath. 3.12oc (pl.), cf. 7.275b.<br><span class="bld">II</span> (from Pass.) [[going round]], [[circular motion]] or [[rotatory motion]], [[revolution]], of a [[wheel]], E.''Ba.''1067; of the heavens and heavenly bodies, Ar.''Nu.''172, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''4.7.5, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''247c, ''Lg.''898c, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]''341a2, ''Cael.''291a35, Epicur.''Nat.''11.10,al.; <b class="b3">αἱ τῶν ὡρῶν περιφοραί</b> J.''AJ''1.1.1, cf. Pl.''R.''546a, ''Plt.''271a,274e.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[revolving vault]] of [[heaven]], Id.''R.''616c, ''Tht.''153d; [[ἡ ὕπερθε περιφορά]] = [[the heavens]], Critias 25.31 D.<br><span class="bld">3</span> metaph., in plural, [[twist]]s, [[circumvolution]]s, Eub.73.<br><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">ἐν ταῖς περιφοραῖς</b> [[in social intercourse]], Plu.''Per.''5.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[error]], [[varia lectio|v.l.]] for [[παραφορά]] in [[LXX]] ''Ec.''2.12,7.26(25).<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[story]] or [[tier]] of a [[funeral pile]], [[Diodorus Siculus|D.S.]]17.115.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[turntable]] (?), ''PTeb.''12.17 (ii B.C.).