deivmati for fear, Pind. ; peri; tavrbei, peri; fovbw/ Aesch.
C.
WITH ACCUSATIVE:
I.
of Place, properly referring to the object
round about
which motion takes place,
peri; bovqron ejfoivtwn
came flocking
round
the pit, Od.;
a[stu pevri diwvkein
Il.:hence,
near,
eJstavmenai peri; toi`con
Il.;
oi} peri; Phneio;n naiveskon
Ib.;
peri; th;n krhvnhn
somewhere near
it,
Plat.
;
hJ peri; Levsbon naumaciva
the sea-fight
off
Lesbos,
Xen.
2. of persons who are about one, oiJ periv tina a persons suite, attendants, associates, oiJ peri; to;n Peivsandron prevsbei" Thuc .; oiJ peri; JHravkleiton his school, Plat. ; oiJ peri; jArcivan polevmarcoi Archias and his colleagues, Xen .:later, oiJ periv tina periphr. for the person himself, Plut.
3. of the object about which one is occupied or concerned, peri; dovrpa ponei`sqai Hom .; ei\nai or givgnesqai perivti Thuc ., etc. ; oJ peri; to;n i{ppon the groom, Xen.
4. denoting motion about or in a place, peri; nh`son ajlwvmenoi wandering about the island, Od.; cronivzein peri; Ai[gupton Hdt.
5. about, in the case of, ta; peri; th;n Ai[gupton gegonovta Hdt .; eujsebei`n peri; qeouv" Plat. :also without a Verb, about, in respect of, in regard to, ponhro;" peri; to; sw`ma Plat .; ajkovlasto" peri; tau`ta Aeschin .; ta; peri; ta;" nau`" naval affairs, Thuc .; ta; peri; tou;" qeouv" Xen ., etc.
II. of Time, peri; luvcnwn aJfav" about the time of lamp-lighting, Hdt. ; peri; mevsa" nuvkta" about midnight, Xen. ; peri; hJlivou dusmav" Id.
2.
of numbers loosely given,
peri; eJbdomhvkonta
about
seventy,
Thuc.
D.
P
OSITION
:
periv
may follow its
Subst.
, when it suffers anastrophé,
h{n pevri, a[stu pevri
.
E.
absol
., as
ADV.
,
around, about,
also
near, by,
Hom.
II.
before
or
above others,
in which case it commonly suffers anastrophé,
Tudeivdh, pevri mevn se tivon Danaoiv
Il.;
pevri kevrdea oi\den
Od.
2. peri; kh`ri very much in heart, right heartily, peri; kh`ri filei`n Il.; peri; kh`ri colou`sqai Ib.; so, peri; sqevnei> Ib.
3.
strengthd.
peri; prov
, where also
periv
recovers its accent, Ib.
F.
IN
C
OMPOS.
all its chief senses recur:
I.
all round,
as in
peribavllw, periblevpw, perievcw
.
II.
of return to the same point,
about,
as in
periavgw, peribaivnw, peristrevfw
.
III.
above, before,
as in
perigivgnomai, peritoxeuvw
: also
beyond measure, very, exceedingly,
as in
perikallhv", perideivdw
, like
Lat.
per-
in
permultus, pergratus.
IV.
rarely =
ajmfiv
, as in
peridevxio"
.
G.
PROSODY:though
i
in
periv
is short,
periv
does not suffer elision. The exceptions to this rule are few.
periaggevllw
peri-aggevllw , f. -aggelw` , to announce by messages sent round, Thuc.
2.
absol.
to send
or
carry a message round,
Hdt.
II.
c. dat.
pers. et
inf.
to send round orders for
people
to
do something,
perihvggellon tai`" povlesi stratia;n paraskeuavzesqai
Thuc
.,
etc.
; with the
inf.
omitted,
nau`" perihvggellon
,
Lat.
imperabant naves
,
Id.
periageivrw
peria±geivrw , to go round and collect money: in Med. to do so for oneself, Plat.
periaghv"
peria<Eth>ghv" , ev" , ( periavgnumi ) broken in pieces, Anth.
II. = perihghv" , quite round, Id.