A.go all round, “τὴν γῆν” LXX Za.1.10 ; “τὸν νομόν” PCair.Zen.541.2 (iii B. C.); “τὸ Παλάτιον” Plu.Cam.32, cf. Phoc. 21 ; “ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ” LXX 2 Ki.24.8; make a revolution, of the moon, Gal.19.554.
2. in military sense, patrol, Aen.Tact.22.10; “π. τὴν πρώτην φυλακήν” Id.26.2; of dyke-watchers, PPetr.2p.17 (iii B.C.) ; of an inspector, go round vineyards, PCair.Zen.300.7 (iii B.C.); march round, App.BC1.58,al.
II. metaph., go systematically through, “βίον τινός” Plu.2.87b; “τὸν περὶ τῶν οὐρανίων λόγον” Placit.3 Prooem., cf. Ptol.Tetr.1 (Pass.); study diligently, Epicur.Ep.2p.35U., Demetr. Lac.Herc.1013.18, 1055.23 (Pass.), Epict.Ench.29.3; περιοδευομένη φαντασία Academiciap.Gal.5.802.
III. circumvent, cheat, J.AJ 17.4.2.
IV. practise, of a midwife, Sor.1.3; οἱ περιοδεύοντες practitioners, Alex.Trall.8.2:—Pass., to be treated, ibid., Id.11.4.
V. Rhet., write in periods, Demetr.Eloc.229 ; διαπορητικῶς π. Hermog. Inv.4.3:—Pass., “ἡ περιωδευμένη προφορὰ καὶ γραφή” Phld.Rh.1.158 S.; but τὸ περιωδευμένον path traversed in a circle, expl. of περίοδος, Demetr. Eloc.11.
