περιστροφ-ή, ἡ,
turning or spinning round, ὀστράκου [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 521c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄστρων περιστροφαί courses of the stars, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 432.8; κόσμου 3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra “Phaenomena” p.8 M.; τοῦ ἡλίου 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 1.18, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν περιστροφῇ λαοῦ amidst them, [[ LXX.Sir.50.5 ] LXX]: plural, contortions, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.126 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; whorls in hairgrowth, δύο π. ἕξει ἐν τῇ κεφαλῇ [[ 4th c.AD: Hephaestio Astrologus 1.1. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]