A.that which surrounds, edge, rim, of a shield, E.Tr.1197; τοῦ τείχους ὁ π. circuit of the wall, Pl.Criti.116b ; τῆς τομῆς, in amputation, Archig. ap. Orib.47.13.7; string that runs round the top of a net, X.Cyn.2.6, 10.7, etc. ; gallery running round a building, Ar.Fr.133, X.Cyr.6.1.53, Hld.4.8; line round the head which defines the scalp, Poll.2.40 ; “ὁ π. τῶν τριχῶν” Arist.Phgn.808a26 ; ὠκεανὸς πάσης φύσεως π. Secund.Sent.2; ἐν π. in a circle, Plu.2.731d.
III. pl., circuit-judges at Mytilene, IG 12(2).6.12(iv B. C.).