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|Definition=περιφερές,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[revolving]], ὢν δὲ περιφερής (''[[sc.]]'' ὁ ἐνιαυτὸς) τελευτὴν οὐδεμίαν οὐδ' ἀρχὴν ἔχει Hermipp.4; <b class="b3">περιφερεῖς ὀφθαλμοί</b> [[rolling]] [[eye]]s, Luc.''JTr.''30.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[rounded]] or [[curved]],<br><span class="bld">a</span> of [[surface]]s and [[line]]s, ἄκρον Hp.''Art.''7; περιφερὲς [[κύρτωμα]] Id.''Epid.''1.26.α'; κύλικες Pherecr.143.5; ἀσπίδες Ael.''Tact.''2.7; <b class="b3">τὰ στρογγύλα τε καὶ περιφερέα</b> Hp.''VC''11; opp. [[εὐθύς]], Pl.''Prm.''137e, 138a, Arist.''Ph.''248a12, al.; [[τὸ περιφερές]] = [[circularity]], Id.''AP''0.73a39; but, [[circumference]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 436e, Dsc.3.6, 48. Adv. [[περιφερῶς]] = [[in a rounded shape]], Procl.''Hyp.''3.6.<br><span class="bld">b</span> of bodies, [[spherical]], [[globular]], Democr.164, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 108e, ''Smp.''190b; π. τὸ [[σχῆμα]] τῆς [[γῆ]]ς Arist.''Cael.''298a7; περιφερὴς [[σχηματισμός]] Epicur.''Ep.''2p.50U.; ([[σώμα]]τα) Phld.''Mort.''8 (Sup.); <b class="b3">περιφερεῖς στέγαι</b> [[domed]], Demetr.''Eloc.'' 13.<br><span class="bld">c</span> metaph., of style, [[rounded]], [[Dionysius of Halicarnassus|D.H.]]''[[De Compositione Verborum|Comp.]]''22; τὰ στρογγύλα καὶ τὰ περιφερῆ προοίμια Id.''Rh.''10.13.<br><span class="bld">3</span> Adv. [[περιφερῶς]] = [[in a circle]], Hero *Deff.5.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[surrounded by]], [[δῶμα]] περιφερὲς θριγκοῖς τόδε E.''Hel.'' 430.<br><span class="bld">2</span> Adv. [[περιφερῶς]] = [[disposed in a circle]], Dsc.4.169.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[wavering]], <b class="b3">περιφερῆ στίβον χθονός</b> = [[thy]] [[wavering]] [[step]]s, [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Ion]]'' 743.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> cf. [[Περφερέες]].