περίειμι
(εἰμί sum) to be around, χωρίον ᾧ κύκλῳ τειχίον περιῆν [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.81 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but more frequently
__II to be superior to another, surpass, excel, c.genitive person, τόσσον ἐγὼ περί τ᾽ εἰμὶ θεῶν περί τ᾽ εἴμ᾽ ἀνθρώπων [[ 11.8.27, compare 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 113, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.146, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.7.7: with _accusative_ _of things_, περὶ φρένας ἔμμεναι ἄλλων 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.631; περίεσσι γυναικῶν εἶδός τε μέγεθός τε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.248, compare 19.326, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἳ περὶ μὲν βουλὴν Δαναῶν περὶ δ᾽ ἐστὲ μάχεσθαι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.258, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.66: later with _dative_ _of things_, σοφίᾳ τῶν Ἑλλήνων π. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 342b, compare “Smp.” 222e; τῇ ἐπιμελείᾳ π. τῶν φίλων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.9.24 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: without genitive person, to be superior, ναυσὶ πολὺ π. [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.22; πολλὸν π. πλήθεϊ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.31, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.8.13: _absolutely_, ἐλπὶς τοῦ περιέσεσθαι] Refs 5th c.BC+] hope of success, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.144, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 134 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ περιόντος ἀγωνιεῖσθαι at an advantage, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.46. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III to be spared, τινι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.119 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, survive, [[ [prev. author] 1.11, 120, +others, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προγνωστικόν” 20 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῇ σεωυτοῦ μοίρῃ περίεις by your own destiny, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.121 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν Ἑλλάδα π. ἐλευθέρην shall remain free, [[ [prev. author] 7.139, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.222, etc. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of things, to be extant, still in existence, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.92, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]