I.anything which is thrown round, a covering, Plat.; χειρῶν περιβολαί embraces, Eur.; so περιβολαί alone, Xen.; περιβολαὶ χθονός, i. e. the grave, Eur.; π. [ξίφεος] a scabbard, id=Eur.: absol. of walls round a town, ἑπτάπυργοι π. id=Eur.
III.metaph.,
1.a compassing, endeavouring after, τῆς ἀρχῆς, Lat. affectatio imperii, id=Xen.