περίδρομ-ος,ὁ,Subst.,
A. that which surrounds, edge, rim, of a shield, E. Tr. 1197 ;τοῦ τείχους ὁ π.circuitof the wall, Pl. Criti. 116b ;τῆς τομῆς, in amputation, Archig. ap. Orib. 47.13.7 ;string that runs round the top of a net, X. Cyn. 2.6 , 10.7 , etc. ;gallery running round a building, Ar. Fr. 133 , X. Cyr. 6.1.53 , Hld. 4.8 ;line round the headwhich defines the scalp, Poll. 2.40 ; ὁ π. τῶν τριχῶν
Arist. Phgn. 808a26
;ὠκεανὸς πάσης φύσεως π. Secund. Sent. 2 ;ἐν π. in a circle, Plu. 2.731d .
II. orbit, ἡλίου
Placit. 2.1.4
;lapof a race,αἱ περίοδοι τῶν π. D.C. 49.43 .
III. pl.,circuit-judgesat Mytilene, IG 12(2).6.12
(iv B. C.).