περιμένω,
wait for, await, with accusative person, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.89, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 643, etc.; π. Τισσαφέρνην ἡμέρας πλείους ἢ εἴκοσι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.4.1, etc.: with _accusative_ _of things_, π. ἐξ ἀγορᾶς ἰχθύδια 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 387.8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦ καιροῦ μὴ περιμένοντός τι as the time could not wait for.., [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Caesar” 17. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__2 require, expect, σχολάζουσαν φιληκοΐαν [[ [prev. author] 2.172e. ] Refs]
__3 endure, put up with, μακρὰ λέγοντας ἡμᾶς αὐτοὺς περιεμείναμεν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 890e. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 of events, await, be in store for, τίς με πότμος ἔτι π.; [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1296 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μὴ θύσαντας δεινὰ π. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 365a; ἃ τελευτήσαντα ἑκάτερον π. [prev. work] 614a. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II with infinitive, οὐ περιμενοῦσιν ἄλλους σφᾶς διολέσαι will not wait for others to destroy them, [[[prev. work] 375c ] Refs]; ἕκαστος [τῶν λόγων] π. ἀποτελεσθῆναι awaits its accomplishment, [[ [prev. author] “Tht.” 173c ] Refs]; μηδ᾽ ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτὸν [τὰ τοιαῦτα] ἐλθεῖν π. [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.220; π. τὰ λοιπὰ μαθεῖν 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 1.13. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III absolutely, wait, stand still, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.58, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 517, etc.; π. αὐτοῦ [prev. author] “Ach.” 815; ὀλίγον χρόνον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 38c; π. ἕως [ἂν] τὸν ὄχλον διωσώμεθα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.39; ἕως ἀνοιχθείη τὸ δεσμωτήριον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 59d, compare 116a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μέχρι τούτου, ἕως ἂν.. [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.10 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἄχρι ἂν.. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.3.2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μέχρις ἄν.. [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Epictetus Philosophus “Enchiridion” 15. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]