circuit

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substantive

circumference: P. and V. περίβολος, ὁ, κύκλος, ὁ, περίδρομος, ὁ (Plato), περιβολή, ἡ, Ar. and P. περιφορά, ἡ.

the circuit of the walls: V. τειχέων περιπτυχαί (Euripides, Phoenissae 1357).

going round, detour: P. περίοδος, ἡ.

make a wide circuit: P. μακρὰν περιέρχεσθαι (Plato).

revolution: Ar. and P. περιφορά, ἡ; see revolution.