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περίειμι εἰμί sum 1 2

I.to be around a place, c. dat., Thuc.; τὰ περιόντα circumstances, Dem.
II.to be better than, superior to another, surpass, excel, c. gen., Il., Hdt.; περίεσσι γυναικῶν εἶδός τε μέγεθός τε Od.; οἳ περὶ μὲν βουλὴν Δαναῶν περὶ δ᾽ ἐστὲ μάχεσθαι ( = μάχην) Il.; c. dat. rei, σοφίᾳ π. τῶν Ἑλλήνων Plat.: absol. to be superior, Hdt., etc.; ἐκ περιόντος at an advantage, Thuc.
III.to overlive, outlive, τινι Hdt.: absol. to survive, remain alive, id=Hdt., Dem., etc.:—of things, to be extant, to be in existence, Hdt.
2.to be over and above, to remain in hand, of property, money, etc., Thuc.; οἰόμενοι περιεῖναι χρήματά τῳ imagining that any one has a balance in his hands, Dem.
3.to be a result or consequence, περίεστιν ὑμῖν ἐκ τούτων what you have got by all this is . . , id=Dem.; τοσοῦτον ὑμῖν περίεστιν τοῦ πρὸς ἐμὲ μίσους you have so much hatred against me left, Philipp. ap. Dem.; c. inf., περίεστι ὑμῖν αὐτοῖς ἐρίζειν it remains for you to quarrel with them, Dem.

1 inf. -εῖναι

2 part. περι-ών

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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