περι-σπασμός, ὁ,
wheeling round, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.23.3, 12.18.3. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II distracting circumstances, distraction, [[ 4th c.AD: Metrodorus Epigrammaticus “Herc.” 831.7, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.87.9 (_plural_), 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” p.98K., 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.831f (_plural_); ἐν περισπασμοῖς εἶναι 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.32.5, etc.; οἱ τῆς πόλεως π. καὶ φόβοι 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 12.38; περισπασμοὶ καὶ πιθανότητες 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 3.77: rarely in _sing._, θυμοῦ π. LXX.Eccl.2.23, compare 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 3.22.71. ] LXX+3rd c.BC+]
__III circumflex accent, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 11, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 34.24. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]