I.to carry round, Hdt.: to carry about with one, id=Hdt., Eur.:—Pass., c. acc. loci, λέοντος περιενειχθέντος τὸ τεῖχος being carried round the wall, Hdt.; absol., περιφερόμενος swinging about (in a basket), Plat.
2.metaph., οὔτε μέμνημαι τὸ πρᾶγμα οὔτε με περιφέρει οὐδὲν εἰδέναι τούτων nor does [my mind] carry me back to the knowledge of any of these things, Hdt.
3.to move round, to hand round at table, Xen.
5.to carry round, publish:—Pass., περιεφέρετο τὸ ῥῆμα the saying was passed from mouth to mouth, Plat.
6.to carry to and fro, Plut.
7.to bring round, i. e. into one's own power, id=Plut.
II.intr. to survive, endure, hold out, Thuc.
III.of periods of time, Hdt.; of argument, περιφέρεσθαι εἰς ταὐτό Plat.
2.to wander about, Xen.:— to be unsteady, wavering, Plut.
