A.dwelling round, “οἱ π. Λίβυες” Hdt.4.159; οἱ π. neighbours, Id.1.166, 175, Ephipp.5.6 ; ἡ π. (sc. χώρα) LXX Ge.19.25 ; τὸ π. τοῦ Ἰορδάνου ib.3 Ki.7.33(46); τὰ π. the neighbouring countries, App.Mith. 112, Hdn.6.2.1.
II. in Laconia, οἱ π. the inhabitants of the towns dependent on Sparta, Hdt.6.58,9.11, Th.1.101, etc.; also in Crete, Arist.Pol.1271b30 ; at Argos, ib.1303a8 : hence generally, dependent, subject, “περιοίκους τε καὶ οἰκέτας ἔχοντες” Pl.R.547c ; “ἐξὸν . . ἅπαντας τοὺς βαρβάρους περιοίκους τῆς Ἑλλάδος καταστῆσαι” Isoc.4.131.