A.sail or swim round, abs., Hdt.6.44, Ephipp. 5.16 (anap.), etc.; float, of an island, Hecat.305J.: c. acc., Λιβύην, Πελοπόννησον, τὴν ἄκρην, τὴν Εὔβοιαν, Hdt.4.42,179, 5.108, 8.14; “π. αὐτοὺς κύκλῳ” Th.2.84; “ἀνὴρ πολλὰ περιπεπλευκώς” Ar.Ra.535; “π. ἐκ τοῦ Κωρύκου” Th.8.34; “ἀπ᾽ Ἰωνίας εἰς Κιλικίαν” X.An.1.2.21, cf. Th.8.92; “εἰς Πύλας” D.18.32; “π. ἐκεῖσε” X.HG1.1.11.
II. metaph., to be unstable, slip about, Hp.Fract.4.
2. recur, ἐς περίοδον π., of a headache, Aret.SD1.2.
III. Pass., to be wrapped up, Heliod. ap. Orib.44.23.20.