peristroma

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κεντέω τὸν πῶλον περὶ τὴν νύσσαν → of impetuous haste, goad the foal around the turning post

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

pĕristrōma: ătis, n., = περίστρωμα>,
I a covering, curtain, carpet: Babylonia peristromata, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 54; id. Ps. 1, 2, 12: conchyliata peristromata, Cic. Phil. 2, 27, 67.