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περιίστημι ,
II. in aor. 1 Med., place round oneself, “ξυστοφόρων κύκλονX.Cyr.7.5.41 ; “φρουρὰν περὶ τὸ σῶμαApp.BC3.4.
B. Pass. and Med., with aor. 2 (aor. 1, v.infr. 2), pf., and plpf. Act. :—stand round about, “περίστησαν γὰρ ἑταῖροιIl.4.532 ; κῦμα περιστάθη a wave rose around (Ep. aor. Pass.), Od.11.243 ; “περιστῆναι περί τιPl.Ti.84e ; τοῦ περιεστῶτος ἔξωθεν πνεύματος ib.76b ; οἱ περιεστῶτες the bystanders, Antipho6.14 ; “ὄχλου πολλοῦ περιστάντοςIG42(1).123.25 (Epid.).
II. come round, revolve, “κύκλῳArist.Ph.217a19; of winds, “ἐκ τῶν ἀπαρκτίων εἰς θρασκίαςId.Mete.365a6 ; of Time, “περιισταμένης τῆς ὥραςThphr.CP2.11.2, cf. Hp.Nat.Hom.7.
III. later, go round so as to avoid, shun, “τὰς ἁμαρτίαςPhld.Rh.1.384 S.; “τὴν ὁμιλίανJ.AJ 1.1.4; “κύναςLuc.Herm.86 (though he censures this usage, Sol.5), cf. Gal.UP10.14, Porph.Abst.4.7, etc.; “τὸν κίνδυνονIamb.VP33.239; τὸ μοναρχικόν ib.31.189 ; “τὴν ἀφροσύνηνS.E.M.11.93 ; “κενοφωνίας2 Ep.Ti.2.16 ; “τὸ εἰκῇ καὶ μάτηνM.Ant.3.4; “τοὺς ἡγουμένουςArtem.4.59 ; π. μὴ . . to be afraid lest . . , J.AJ4.6.12; sneak round, Phld.Rh.1.99 S.; circumvent, τοὺς λογιστάς Mitteis Chr.88iv 11 (ii A.D.):—so in Pass., “περιεσταμένης τῆς λογοθεσίαςBGU1019.8 (ii A. D.).
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