περιστέφ-ω,
enwreathe, surround, νεφέεσσι περιστέφει οὐρανὸν εὐρὺν Ζεύς [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.303; τὴν νησῖδα τοῖς ὅπλοις 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aristides” 9; κύκλῳ τὰ τείχη [prev. author] 2.245e ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Παρνησὸν π. ἐννέα κύκλοις, of the serpent Pytho, [[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 93 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—passive, [[ 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Fragmenta” 186: _metaphorically_, ὁ παῖς ἀρετῇ περιστέφεται 4th-5th c.AD: Aphthonius Rhetor “Προγυμνάσματα - Rhet.” 3. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]