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|Definition=([[εἰμί]] [[sum]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> to [[be around]], χωρίον ᾧ κύκλῳ τειχίον περιῆν Th.7.81; but more freq.<br><span class="bld">II</span> to [[be superior to]] another, [[surpass]], [[excel]], c.gen.pers., τόσσον ἐγὼ περί τ' εἰμὶ θεῶν περί τ' εἴμ' ἀνθρώπων 11.8.27, cf. Emp.113, Hdt.3.146, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''3.7.7: c. acc. rei, περὶ φρένας ἔμμεναι ἄλλων Il.13.631; περίεσσι γυναικῶν εἶδός τε μέγεθός τε Od.18.248, cf. 19.326, etc.; οἳ περὶ μὲν βουλὴν Δαναῶν περὶ δ' ἐστὲ μάχεσθαι Il.1.258, cf. Od.1.66: later c. dat. rei, <b class="b3">σοφίᾳ τῶν Ἑλλήνων π.</b> [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 342b, cf. ''Smp.'' 222e; τῇ ἐπιμελείᾳ π. τῶν φίλων X.''An.''1.9.24: without gen. pers., to [[be superior]], <b class="b3">ναυσὶ πολὺ π.</b> Th.6.22; πολλὸν π. πλήθεϊ Hdt.9.31, cf. X. ''An.''1.8.13: abs., <b class="b3">ἐλπὶς τοῦ περιέσεσθαι</b> hope [[of success]], Th.1.144, cf. Men.''Sam.''134; <b class="b3">ἐκ περιόντος ἀγωνιεῖσθαι</b> at [[an advantage]], Th.8.46.<br><span class="bld">III</span> to [[be spared]], τινι Hdt.3.119: abs., [[survive]], Id.1.11,120, al., Hp.''Prog.''20; <b class="b3">τῇ σεωυτοῦ μοίρῃ περίεις</b> by your own destiny, Hdt.1.121; <b class="b3">τὴν Ἑλλάδα π. ἐλευθέρην</b> [[shall remain]] free, Id.7.139, cf. D.21.222, etc.; of things, to [[be extant]], [[still in existence]], Hdt.1.92, etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> to [[be over and above]], [[remain]], freq. in part., τὸ περιὸν τοῦ στρατοῦ Th.2.79; especially of property, money, etc., ἡ περιοῦσα παρασκευή Id.1.89; π. τινὶ εἰς τὸν ἐνιαυτόν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 416e; <b class="b3">οἰόμενοι περιεῖναι χρήματά τῳ</b> imagining that any one [[has a balance]] in his hands, D.18.227; <b class="b3">τὰ περιόντα τοῦ κλήρου</b> the [[surplus]], [[balance]], Pl.''Lg.''923d, cf. Lys.21.16, Is.5.41; <b class="b3">τὰ περιόντα χρήματα τῆς διοικήσεως</b> the money [[remaining after]] paying the expenses, D.59.4, cf. ''IG''12.91.31, ''PRev.Laws'' 16.16 (iii B.C.), etc.; <b class="b3">ἃ δὲ νῦν περιόντ' αὐτὸν ὑβρίζειν ἐπαίρει</b> but [[the superfluous wealth]] which now incites him... D.21.211.<br><span class="bld">b</span> metaph., <b class="b3">ἐκ τοῦ περιεῦντος γενέσθαι</b> to be a [[luxury]], Democr.144; <b class="b3">ἐκ τοῦ π.</b> in one's [[leisure]], D.''Ep.''3.36; [[as a work of supererogation]], Phld.''Mus.''p.108K.; τοῖς ἐκ τοῦ π. εἰς εὐπρέπειαν ἠσκημένοις Luc.''Am.''33; <b class="b3">τοσοῦτον ὑμῖν περίεστι τοῦ πρὸς ἐμὲ μίσους</b> you [[have]] such [[an excess]] of hatred against me, Ps.Philipp. ap. D.12.7; <b class="b3">τοσοῦτον αὐτῷ περιῆν</b> (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">τῆς ὕβρεως</b>) D.21.17, cf. Philostr.''VA''3.46, Ael.''NA''5.34, Aristid.''Or.''22(19).6, al.; <b class="b3">τοσοῦτον περίεστιν</b> (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">τῆς ὕβρεως</b> (, ὥστε τοὺς ἠδικημένους πρὸς συκοφαντοῦσιν D.55.29.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[to be left over and above]], to [[be the net result]], <b class="b3">ὑμῖν περίεστιν ἐκ τούτων</b> [[the net result]] to you of all this [[is]]... Id.13.20; <b class="b3">ἐνίοις… τὸ μηδὲν ἀναλῶσαι… περίεστιν</b> to some [[the net result is]] that they spend nothing, Id.21.155; ὥστε μηδὲν ἄλλ' ἢ τὰς αἰσχύνας αὐτῷ περιεῖναι Aeschin.1.154; <b class="b3">ψηφίσμαθ' ὑμῖν περιέσται, βελτίω δ' οὐδ' ὁτιοῦν τὰ πράγματ' ἔσται</b> you [[will have plenty]] of decrees, but... [[Demosthenes|D.]] ''[[Prooemia|Prooem.]]'' 21.3: c. inf., περίεστι τοίνυν ὑμῖν ἀλλήλοις ἐρίζειν Id.2.29; cf. [[περιγίγνομαι]].([[εἶμι]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[ibo]]). [In Com. the ι in [[περί]] is sometimes elided in the part., [[περιών]], [[περιόντες]], Pherecr.186, Phryn.Com.3.4, Pl.Com.193, Antiph.279, and the part. is so written in Pap. of Arist.''Ath.''53.1, Hyp.''Dem.Fr.''4, ''Lyc.''2, also in all or some codd. of Th.1.30, al., X.''HG'' 3.2.25, D.4.10, 48, al.]: [[go round]], [[fetch a compass]], Hdt.2.138, etc.; <b class="b3">π. κατὰ νώτου τισί</b> [[get round and]] take them in rear, Th.4.36; <b class="b3">π. κατὰ τὰς κώμας</b> [[go round to]] every village, Pl.''Min.''320c; π. κατ' ἀγρούς Lys.31.18.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[go about]], Hp.''Fract.''15, ''Gland.''12; βούλεσθε περιιόντες πυνθάνεσθαι D.4.10, cf. 48,6.14, 18.158, etc.; <b class="b3">κατὰ τὴν ἀγορὰν π.</b> Phryn.Com. l. c.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. acc. loci, [[go round]], [[compass]], π. τὸν νηὸν κύκλῳ Hdt.1.159; <b class="b3">π. φυλακάς</b> [[go round]] the guards, [[visit]] them, Id.5.33; τὸν βωμόν Ar.''Pax'' 957; ἐν κύκλῳ περιῄει πάντα Id.''Pl.''709; ὁ ἥλιος κύκλῳ π. τὴν σελήνην [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Cratylus|Cra.]]''409b, cf. ''La.''183b; τὴν Ἑλλάδα περιῄει X.''An.''7.1.33; <b class="b3">αἰ μὴ περιιεῖεν [τὰν ἱερὰν γᾶν]</b> ''IG''22.1126.18(Amphict. Delph.); of sounds, αὐλῶν σε περίεισιν πνοή Ar.''Ra.''154.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[come round to]] one, especially in one's turn or by inheritance, <b class="b3">ἡ ἀρχή, βασιληΐη περίεισι ἔς τινα</b>, Hdt.1.120, 2.120.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of revolving periods, <b class="b3">χρόνου περιιόντος</b> as time [[came round]], ib.121.α', 4.155; ὁ κύκλος τῶν ὡρέων ἐς τὠυτὸ περιιών Id.2.4; <b class="b3">περι (ι) όντι τῷ θέρει, τῷ ἐνιαυτῷ</b>, Th.1.30, X.''HG'' 3.2.25.