go all round
περιοδ-εύω,
A. go all round, τὴν γῆν
LXX Za. 1.10
; τὸν νομόν
PCair.Zen. 541.2
(iii B. C.); τὸ Παλάτιον
Plu. Cam. 32
, cf. Phoc. 21 ; ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ
LXX 2 Ki. 24.8
;make a revolution, of the moon, Gal. 19.554 .
2. in military sense,patrol, Aen.Tact. 22.10 ; π. τὴν πρώτην φυλακήν
Id. 26.2
; of dyke-watchers, PPetr. 2p.17
(iii B.C.); of an inspector,go roundvineyards, PCair.Zen. 300.7
(iii B.C.);march round, App. BC 1.58 ,al.
II. metaph.,go systematically through, βίον τινός
Plu. 2.87b
; τὸν περὶ τῶν οὐρανίων λόγον
Placit. 3
Prooem., cf. Ptol. Tetr. 1 ( Pass. );study diligently, Epicur. Ep. 2p.35U. , Demetr. Lac. Herc. 1013.18 , 1055.23 ( Pass. ), Epict. Ench. 29.3 ;περιοδευομένη φαντασίαAcademiciap. Gal. 5.802 .
III. circumvent, cheat, J. AJ 17.4.2 .
IV. practise, of a midwife, Sor. 1.3 ;οἱ περιοδεύοντες practitioners, Alex.Trall. 8.2 :— Pass. ,to be treated, ibid., Id. 11.4 .
V. Rhet.,write in periods, Demetr. Eloc. 229 ;διαπορητικῶς π. Hermog. Inv. 4.3 :— Pass. , ἡ περιωδευμένη προφορὰ καὶ γραφή
Phld. Rh. 1.158
S. ; butτὸ περιωδευμένον path traversed in a circle, expl. ofπερίοδος, Demetr. Eloc. 11 .
