II. as Subst. περίβολος, ὁ, = περιβολή, ἐχίδνης περίβολοι spires or coils of a serpent, E.Ion993: in pl., π. λάϊνοι, of a tomb, Id.Tr.1141 : sg., enclosing wall, Hdt.1.181 ; of a town wall, Th.1.89 ; ἐν οἰκείῳ π. in a cage of his own, Pl.Tht.197c ; of the body as the case of the soul, Id.Cra.400c ; “περίβολοι οἰκήσεων” Id.R.548a ; wall of the heart, Hp.Cord.4.
2. area enclosed, enclosure, “π. νεωρίων” E.Hel.1530 ; ὁ τῆς πόλεως π. Pl.Lg.759a ; “ἀμπελώνων” PGrenf.2.28.13 (ii B.C.); of a temple, precinct, “π. ἱεροῦ” LXX Si. 50.2, cf. 2 Ma.6.4, 4 Ma.4.11, J.AJ15.11.5, Porph.Abst.2.54 ; ὁ τῶν Ὡρῶν π. BMus.Inscr.1044 (Attaleia): metaph., “πρόθυρα καὶ περιβόλους καὶ αὐλὰς τῇ ἀρχῇ περιέθηκεν” Plu.Sol.32.