pevrhqen, pevrhn , Ion. for pevra<Eth>qen, pevran .
perhtov"
perhtov" , hv, ovn , Ion. for pera<Eth>tov" .
pevrqw, PE vRQW
PE vRQW , f. pevrsw : aor. I e[persa : aor. 2 e[pra±qon , inf. pra±qei`n , Ep. pra±qevein :— Pass. , with f. med. pevrsomai : syncop. aor. 2 inf. pevrqai , like devcqai from devcomai :— to waste, ravage, sack, destroy, a town, Hom.
2.
of persons,
to destroy, slay,
Pind
.,
Soph.
:—
metaph.
of love,
Eur.
3.
of things,
to destroy,
Aesch
.,
Soph.
II.
to get by plunder,
Il.,
Eur.
periv, PER vI, periv
PER vI , Prep. with gen. , dat. , and acc. : Radical sense, round about, all round, whereas ajmfiv properly means on both sides.
A.
WITH GENITIVE:
I.
of Place,
round about, around,
Lat.
circum
,
Od.
2.
about, near,
eJsdovmenai peri; sei`o
Mosch.
II.
Causal, to denote the object
about
or
for
which one does something:
1.
with Verbs of fighting or contending,
mavcesqai peri; ptovlio"
Il.;
peri; Patrovkloio qanovnto"
Ib.; so, trevcein peri; eJwutou`, peri; th`" yuch`" Hdt.
2.
about, for, on account of,
mermhrivzein periv tino"
Il.;
frontivzein periv tino"
Hdt.
3.
with Verbs of hearing, knowing, speaking,
about, concerning,
Lat.
circa, de
,
peri; novstou a[kousa
Od.,
etc.
4. rather of the motive, than the object, peri; e[rido" mavrnasqai to fight for very enmity, Il.; peri; tw`nde for these reasons, Ib.
5. about, as to, in reference to, ou{tw" e[sce peri; tou` prhvgmato" touvtou Hdt .; so, ta; periv tino" his circumstances, Thuc .:—also without the Art., ajriqmou` pevri as to number, Hdt.
III. like Lat. prae , before, above, beyond, peri; pavntwn e[mmenai a[llwn Il.; tetimh`sqai peri; pavntwn Ib.; kratero;" peri; pavntwn Hom .: in this sense, divided from its gen. , peri; frevna" e[mmenai a[llwn in understanding to be beyond them, Il.
IV. to denote value, peri; pollou` ejsti;n hJmi`n it is worth much to us, Hdt. ; peri; pollou` poiei`sqaiv ti to reckon a thing for, i.e. worth, much, Lat. magni facere , Id.; peri; pleivstou hJgei`sqai Thuc.
B.
WITH DATIVE:
I.
of Place,
round about, around,
of close-fitting dresses, armour,
etc.
,
e[ndune peri; sthvqessi citw`na
Il.;
knhmi`da" peri; knhvmh/sin e[qhken
Ib.;
peri; dÆ e[gcei>. . kamei`tai
will grow weary
by grasping
the spear, Ib.;
peri; douri; peparmevno"
spitted upon
it,
transfixed by
it, Ib;
peptw`" peri; xivfei
Soph.
2. of a warrior, standing over or going round a dead comrade so as to defend him ( v. ajmfibaivnw , peribaivnw ); Ai[a" peri; Patrovklw/ bebhvkei Il.
II. Causal, much like periv c. gen ., of an object for or about which one struggles, machvsasqai peri; daitiv Od.; peri; toi`" filtavtoi" kubeuvein Plat.
2. so also with Verbs denoting fear, e[ddeisen de; peri; xanqw`/ Menelavw/ Il.; dei`sai peri; tw`/ cwrivw/ Thuc.
3. generally, of the cause or occasion, for, on account of, by reason of, Lat. prae , mh; peri; Mardonivw/ ptaivsh/ hJ\Ellav" Hdt .; peri; sfivsin aujtoi`" ptaivein Thuc .:—in Poets also, peri;