περιαγωγή
ἄνω ποταμῶν ἱερῶν χωροῦσι παγαί → the springs of sacred rivers flow upward, backward to their sources flow the streams of holy rivers
English (LSJ)
Dor. -γά, ἡ,
A turning round, ὄνου Hp.Fract.31; περιαγωγαὶ τῆς ἐπιδέσιος Id.Art. 62 ; χειρῶν Gal.6.92, cf. Pl.R.518d; whirling of a sling, Plb.27.11.6. b metaph., distraction, Plu.2.588d. 2 carrying round, τον ὕδατος εἰς τὸ βαλανεῖον IG42(1).109iii44 (Epid., iii B.C.); τῶν ἐπιτηδείων Plu.Nic.7. II rotalion, revolution, στρέφεσθαι διττὰς καὶ ἐναντίας π. Pl.Plt.270a; τοῦ οὐρανοῦ Arist.Mu.399a2; of the moon, Plu.2.923c; π. περὶ τὸν ἄξονα Hierocl. in CA24p.474M.; τῆς ὀρχηστικῆς περιαγωγαί Luc.Salt.71; ἡ τῆς ψυχῆς π. Plot.2.1.3. 2 in Tactics, wheeling, J.BJ3.5.7, Ael.Tact.18.4 (both pl.). 3 circuit, καμπὴ καὶ π. Plu.2.819a, cf. 407c. 4 circumference, ὀστέων, λοβῶν, Aret.SD1.8, 13. 5 enclosure, π. φυτώδης, of a grass-plot, Erot. s.v. ἐκχλοιούμενα. 6 Rhet., rounding of a period, Demetr.Eloc.19; ἐκ περιαγωγῆς συντεθεῖσθαι Anon.Fig.p.114S.
