περιπλεῖν
From LSJ
Δελφῖνα νήχεσθαι διδάσκεις: ἐπὶ τῶν ἐν ἐκείνοις τινὰ παιδοτριβούντων, ἐν οἷς ἤσκηται → Teaching dolphins to swim: is applied to those who are teaching something among people who are already well versed in it
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also περιπλέω): fetch a compass, sail round
Lexicon Thucydideum
circumnavigare, circumvehi, to sail around, 1.107.3, 1.108.5, 2.23.2. 2.25.1. 2.25.4, 2.25.5. 2.84.1, 2.84.2. 2.91.3, [καὶ περιπλεύσασα, quae om. nonnulli codd. which some manuscripts omit]. 3.19.2. 3.78.1. 3.81.1. 3.81.2. 4.14.5, 4.23.2. 4.25.8. 4.56.2, 4.130.1, 5.2.3, [ἐς vulgo et in libris deest commonly and in texts is lacking]. 5.3.1. 5.3.6, 5.53.1, 6.62.3. 6.62.5, 6.99.4,
similiter similarly 6.101.3. 7.20.2. 7.22.1. 7.22.2. 7.36.4, 7.36.6. 7.40.5. 8.34.1, 8.86.9, 8.92.3.
