περιπᾰτ-έω,
walk up and down, as in a cloister, opposed to βαδίζειν (take a walk), ἐν ταῖς στοαῖς [[ 4th c.BC: Dicaearchus Geographus cited in 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.796d ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; walk about, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 744, “V.” 237; περιπατῶν ἀνδριάς 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 204; ἐν τῷ καταστέγῳ δρόμῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 273a; π. ἄνω κάτω 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 709; π. περιπάτους 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.13.5, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 156 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; περιπατεῖται ἡ ὁδός the road is for walking on, [[ 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 279.19 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: with accusative, traverse, ὅλην τὴν Αἴγυπτον [[ “POxy.” 471.124 (2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 walk about while teaching, discourse, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 348c, 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 7.109 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἐς τοὺς ἀκροωμένους dispute, argue with them, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 1.17, compare 7.22. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__3 metaphorically, walk, i.e. live, [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ παρρησίας” p.12 O.; κατὰ τὴν παράδοσιν NT.Mark.7.5; ἀτάκτως NT.2Thes.3.6. ] NT+1st c.BC+]