περί-στᾰσις, εως, ἡ,
standing round, τίς ἥδε κραυγὴ καὶ δόμων π.; crowds standing round the house, [[ 5th c.BC: Teleclides Comicus 35 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ποιεῖσθαι, of crowds, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 8.12 (_plural_); ὄχλοιο π. Timo 34.1 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: hence, in concretesense, crowd standing round, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.32.3, 18.53.11. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__2 surrounding, ἡ τοῦ ψυχροῦ π. [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 869a21 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: in concrete sense, environment, π. ἀέρος ψυχροῦ [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 2p.50U., compare p.48 U.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; surrounding space, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.31.1, 6.41.2 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; especially free space round a building, [[ “OGI” 483.123, +others (Pergam., 2nd c.AD), “IG” 14.352i8, 70 (from Halaesa). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2.b portico surrounding a hall or temple, [[[prev. work]42(1).102.6 (Epid., 4th c.BC), 3rd c.BC(?): Callixinus Historicus 1; ἡ ἔξω π. τοῦ σηκοῦ “IG” 7.3073.90 (Lebad.). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2.c district surrounding a village, neighbourhood, [[ PTeb. 14.19 (2nd c.BC), +others ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II circumstances, situation, state of affairs, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.35.10, 4.67.4, etc.; αἱ π. [τῶν πόλεων] [prev. author] 10.21.3 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τὸ παράδοξον τῆς π. [[ 2nd-1st c.BC: Posidonius Historicus 36 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; π. nostra, the position of my affairs, [[ 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 4.8b. 2 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; the actuality, μέζων τῆς π. ἡ φαντασίη [[ 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων χρονίων παθῶν” 2.9 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τὰ κατὰ περίστασιν καθήκοντα duties dependent on circumstances, [[ Stoic. 3.135, +others, compare 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 16.11.4, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.219 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus (_plural_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: singular of a particular circumstance, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Tactica - Griechische Kriegsschriftsteller” 35.1, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 145.4, etc.; κατά τινα π. γραμμάτων 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.242. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]