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περια^γωγ-ή , Dor. περια^γωγ-γά , ,
A.turning round, “ὄνουHp.Fract.31; “περιαγωγαὶ τῆς ἐπιδέσιοςId.Art. 62 ; “χειρῶνGal.6.92, cf. Pl.R.518d; whirling of a sling, Plb.27.11.6.
b. metaph., distraction, Plu.2.588d.
2. carrying round, “τον̂ ὕδατος εἰς τὸ βαλανεῖονIG42(1).109iii44 (Epid., iii B.C.); “τῶν ἐπιτηδείωνPlu.Nic.7.
II. rotalion, revolution, στρέφεσθαι διττὰς καὶ ἐναντίας π. Pl.Plt.270a; “τοῦ οὐρανοῦArist.Mu.399a2; of the moon, Plu.2.923c; “π. περὶ τὸν ἄξοναHierocl. in CA24p.474M.; “τῆς ὀρχηστικῆς περιαγωγαίLuc.Salt.71; τῆς ψυχῆς π. Plot.2.1.3.
2. in Tactics, wheeling, J.BJ3.5.7, Ael.Tact.18.4 (both pl.).
3. circuit, καμπὴ καὶ π. Plu.2.819a, cf. 407c.
4. circumference, ὀστέων, λοβῶν, Aret.SD1.8, 13.
5. enclosure, π. φυτώδης, of a grass-plot, Erot. s.v. ἐκχλοιούμενα.
6. Rhet., rounding of a period, Demetr.Eloc.19; “ἐκ περιαγωγῆς συντεθεῖσθαιAnon.Fig.p.114S.
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    • Flavius Josephus, The Jewish War, 3.5.7
    • Plato, Republic, 518d
    • Plato, Statesman, 270a
    • Polybius, Histories, 27.11.6
    • Hippocrates, De articulis, 62
    • Hippocrates, De fracturis, 31
    • Aretaeus, De causis et signis acutorum morborum (lib. 2), 1.8
    • Aretaeus, De causis et signis acutorum morborum (lib. 2), 13
    • Plutarch, Nicias, 7
    • Lucian, De saltatione, 71
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