περιφέρεια
ἀεὶ δ' ἀρέσκειν τοῖς κρατοῦσιν → always try to please your masters, always be obsequious to the masters
English (LSJ)
Ion. περιφερ-είη, ἡ,
A circumference, κύκλου Heraclit.103 ; (rounded) surface, σφαίρας Ti.Locr.100e ; of helmets, Plu.Cam.40 (pl.); τὰ ὦτα ἐπὶ τῆς αὐτῆς π. τοῖς ὄμμασι Arist.HA494b14; more generally, curve, Id.EN1102a31; curvature of the edge of a leaf, Thphr.HP3.10.5 ; roundness, Hp.Art.61 ; spherical or curved shape, Epicur.Ep.2pp.49,51U. 2 arc of a circle, Arist.Ph.264b25, Euc.3.28; marked on concave sun-dial (πόλος), Sammelb.358.1 (iii B.C.). II wandering, error, ἐν καρδίᾳ LXXEc.9.3.
German (Pape)
[Seite 598] ἡ, das Herumgehen, sich Herumbewegen, der Umlauf, bes. Umfang eines runden Dinges, Peripherie, Tim. Locr. 100 e; auch Rundung, runder Körper, Sp., wie Plut. öfter.
