περίοδος
(Doric dialect πέροδος, which see), ἡ, going round, marching round, flank march, τῶν Περσέων ἡ π. [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.219, 229; π. καὶ κύκλωσις 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.35. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 slow walk, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 17(2).99. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__3 passage of fluids, [[ 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων χρονίων παθῶν” 1.10, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 870a10. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II way round, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.223; λίμνης [prev. author] 1.185 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; circumference, circuit, compass, σήματος, τείχεος, [[[prev. work] 93, 163: _absolutely_, τὴν π. ] Refs]in circumference, [[ [prev. author] 7.109. ] Refs]
__III γῆς π. chart or map of the earth, [[ [prev. author] 4.36, 5.49, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 206, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 362b12, Agathemerus Geographus 1.1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἱ τῆς γῆς π. books of descriptive geography, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1262a19, “Rh.” 1360a34, “Mete.” 350a16. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__IV going round in a circle, coming round to the starting-point, circuit, ἡ τοῦ τρίποδος π. [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Solon” 4. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__IV.2 especially of Time, cycle or period of time, πάσαις ἐτέων π. [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 11.40; frequently in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus, ἐν πολλαῖς χρόνου καὶ μακραῖς π. “Phd.” 107e; π. χιλιετής “Phdr.” 249a: _absolutely_, “R.” 546b, 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.27U. (_plural_), etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ φύσιν π. [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 777b18 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the Great Year of the Stoics, [[ 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.189 (_plural_)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἐκ περιόδου periodically, in rotation, [[ 4th c.AD: Heraclides Historicus “περὶ πολιτειῶν - fragment” 58, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.43.1, etc.; ἐν περιόδῳ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Eumenes” 8 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; especially the period embracing the four great public games, κατὰ τὰν π. ἑκάσταν [[ “IG” 9(1).694.31 (Corc.)] Refs]; ἐνίκησε τὴν π. [[ 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 10.415a ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; νικώμενος τὴν π. [[ 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 3.25.5, compare 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 4.89 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; see at {περιοδονίκης}.