A.go round, esp. of one defending a fallen comrade, bestride him, “ἀλλὰ θέων περίβη καί οἱ σάκος ἀμφεκάλυψε” Il.8.331, 13.420, cf. Plu.Nic.13; “π. τὰ πίπτοντα σώματα” D.S.17.25 : c. gen., “περιβῆναι ἀδελφειοῦ κταμένοιο” Il.5.21; “περὶ τρόπιος βεβαῶτα” Od.5.130: and c. dat., “Πατρόκλῳ περιβάς” Il.17.80, cf. 313; “ὡς δὲ κύων . . περὶ σκυλάκεσσι βεβῶσα” Od.20.14, cf. Ar.Eq.1039.
2. bestride, as a rider does a horse, “ἵππον” Plu. Pyrrh.11, 2.213e; ἐς ἵππον Malch.p.394 D.; οἱ περιβεβηκότες those mounted on the elephants, D.S.17.88; of the male camel, Arist.HA 540a14; περὶ τὴν ψωλὴν π. Ar.Lys.979 (anap.).
II. of sound, come round one's ears, τινι S.Ant.1209.