περίοδος( Dor.
πέροδος, q.v.),ἡ,
A. going round, marching round, flank march,τῶν Περσέων ἡ π. Hdt. 7.219 , 229 ; π. καὶ κύκλωσις
Th. 4.35
.
2. slow walk, Gal. 17(2).99 .
3. passageof fluids, Aret. SD 1.10 , cf. Arist. Pr. 870a10 .
II. way round, Hdt. 7.223 ; λίμνης
Id. 1.185
;circumference, circuit, compass,σήματος, τείχεος, ib. 93 , 163 : abs.,τὴν π.in circumference, Id. 7.109 .
III. γῆς π.chartormapof the earth, Id. 4.36 , 5.49 , Ar. Nu. 206 , Arist. Mete. 362b12 , Agathem. 1.1 ;αἱ τῆς γῆς π.books of descriptive geography, Arist. Pol. 1262a19 , Rh. 1360a34 , Mete. 350a16 .
IV. going round in a circle, coming round to the starting-point, circuit,ἡ τοῦ τρίποδος π. Plu. Sol. 4 .
2. esp. of Time,cycleorperiod of time,πάσαις ἐτέων π. Pi. N. 11.40 ; freq. in Pl. ,ἐν πολλαῖς χρόνου καὶ μακραῖς π. Phd. 107e ; π. χιλιετής