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περιστείχω

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Ἀναβάντα γὰρ εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν, καὶ διὰ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς λύπης προσκόψαντα τῷ ζῆν, ἑαυτὸν κατακρημνίσαι → For he ascended the acropolis and then, because he was disgusted with life by reason of his excessive grief, cast himself down the height

Diodorus Siculus, 4.61.7
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Transliteration A: peristeíchō Transliteration B: peristeichō Transliteration C: peristeicho Beta Code: peristei/xw

English (LSJ)

   A go round about, c. acc., τρὶς δὲ περίστειξας κοῖλον λόχον Od.4.277, cf. AP5.138 (Mel.): abs., περιστείχοντος ἀλείσου Call.Aet. 1.1.13, dub. in Alc.Com.35.

German (Pape)

[Seite 593] im Kreise herumgehen, τρὶς δὲ περίστειξας κοῖλον λόχον, um den Hinterhalt, Od. 4, 277.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

περιστείχω: βαδίζω ὁλόγυρα, περιέρχομαι, τρὶς δὲ περίστειξας κοῖλον λόχον, «περιῆλθες, περιώδευσας» (Σχόλ.), Ὀδ. Δ. 277, Πρβλ. Ἀνθ. Π. 5. 139· ἀπολ., περιστείχοντος ἀλείσου Καλλίξ. παρ’ Ἀθην. 477C.