περι-στρέφω,
whirl round, of one preparing to throw, ἔρριψεν.. χειρὶ περιστρέψας [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.131; τόν ῥα περιστρέψας ἧκε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.189 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; turn round, π. τὸν τράχηλον εἰς τοὐπίσω [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 504a16; θέαμα πρὸς αὐγήν 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 17.1 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; π. ἵππον wheel it round, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marcellus” 6; ὁ ἥλιος κύκλον ἄγει καὶ π. περὶ τὴν σελήνην [prev. author] 2.931a ] Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, to be turned or turn round, spin round, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 411b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; περιστρεφόμενος.. φαμὰ ἐπεσκοπεῖτο turning round, [[ [prev. author] “Ly.” 207a ] Refs]; of the heavens, complete a rotation, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 273a2: _metaphorically_, π. εἰς τἀληθῆ] Refs 4th c.BC+] turn towards them, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 519b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κινδυνεύει εἰς τοὺς πολιτικοὺς περιεστράφθαι τὸ ῥῆμα to be fixed on.., [[ [prev. author] “Plt.” 303c ] Refs]; οὐ -στραφήσεται κλῆρος shall not be removed from tribe to tribe, [[ LXX.Num.36.9. ] LXX]
__2 π. τὼ χεῖρε tie his hands behind him, [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.27 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be twisted, of an intestine, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 8.388. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__3 attract a person's attention, π. τὸν θεατήν [[ 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 11.236 ] Refs 4th c.AD+]; convert a person, [[ “Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 2.180. ] Refs]