περιαγωγή
ἑτέρως ἠδύνατο βέλτιον ἢ ὡς νῦν ἔχει κατεσκευάσθαι → otherwise they could have been constructed better than they are now (Galen, On the use of parts of the body 4.143.1 Kühn)
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.
German (Pape)
[Seite 568] ἡ, das Herumführen, das Umwenden; στρέφεσθαι διττὰς καὶ ἐναντίας περιαγωγάς, Plat. Polit. 269 e; der Schleuder, Pol. 27, 9, 6; Sp., bes. Plut., auch = Umschweif, List, vgl. reip. ger. praec. 25, πολλὰ γὰρ ἀπ' εὐθείας οὐκ ἔστιν ἐξῶσαι τῶν ἀλυσιτελῶν, ἀλλὰ δεῖ τινος καμπῆς καὶ περιαγωγῆς.
