περίστυλος
Ἀμήχανον δὲ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς ἐκμαθεῖν ψυχήν τε καὶ φρόνημα καὶ γνώμην πρὶν ἂν ἀρχαῖς τε καὶ νόμοισιν ἐντριβὴς φανῇ → It is impossible to know the spirit, thought, and mind of any man before he be versed in sovereignty and the laws
English (LSJ)
ον,
A surrounded with a colonnade, αὐλή Hdt.2.148, 153, Muson.Fr.19p.108H., Aphth.Prog.12 ; δόμοι E.Andr.1099; σῦριγξ Callix.2 ; ναὸς στοαῖς . . περίστυλος Paus.6.25.1. II Subst. περίστῡλον, τό, peristyle, colonnade round a temple or round the court of a house, LXXEz.42.3 (pl.), D.S.18.26, IG5(2).268.50 (Mantinea, i B. C.), J.BJ1.21.11 (pl.) ; also, area surrounded by a colonnade, LXX 3 Ma.5.23,al.:—so περίστῡλος, ὁ, D.S.1.48 : gender indeterminate in IG42(1).109ii 132, al. (Epid., pl.), Callix.2, Plb.10.27.10 (pl.), 15.25A.3, D.S.1.47, Plu.Arat.26, 2.586b.
