περίακτος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, (περιάγω) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[turning on a centre]] or [[pivot]], <b class="b3">δίφροι π</b>. Artemo Hist.<span class="bibl">12</span>; <b class="b3">π. τροχοί</b> [[water-wheels]], <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span>91.44</span>; <b class="b3">π. ἄντλημα</b> [[water-wheel]], Plu.2.974e; <b class="b3">μηχανήματα π</b>. machines [[for draining]] land, <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span>97.23</span>; <b class="b3">μηχαναὶ ἀπὸ σκηνῆς π</b>. machines [[for changing the scene]] on the stage, Plu.2.348e; also [[περίακτοι]], [[αἱ]], as [[substantive]], <span class="bibl">Poll.4.126</span>, Vitr.5.6.8. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">π. ὁδός</b> a [[winding]] road, Anon.Hist.(<span class="title">FGrH</span>151) p.819J. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., <b class="b3">τὸ π</b>. 'the old saw', <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Comp.Lys.Sull.</span>3</span>; τὸ π. ἐκ τῆς Ἀκαδημείας Id.2.922f.</span>