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περίοδος (periodos) a circuit ^G:N-F

περίοδος

(Doric dialect πέροδος, which see), ἡ, going round, marching round, flank march, τῶν Περσέων ἡ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 slow walk, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__3 passage of fluids, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II way round, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; circumference, circuit, compass, σήματος, τείχεος, [Refs]in circumference, [Refs]
__III γῆς π. chart or map of the earth, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἱ τῆς γῆς π. books of descriptive geography, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__IV going round in a circle, coming round to the starting-point, circuit, ἡ τοῦ τρίποδος π. [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__IV.2 especially of Time, cycle or period of time, πάσαις ἐτέων π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ φύσιν π. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the Great Year of the Stoics, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἐκ περιόδου periodically, in rotation, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; especially the period embracing the four great public games, κατὰ τὰν π. ἑκάσταν [Refs]; ἐνίκησε τὴν π. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; νικώμενος τὴν π. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; see at {περιοδονίκης}.
__IV.3 of events, periodic recurrence, cycle, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV.3.b cycle, roster of public officials, τῇ πρὸ ταύτης π. τῶν μελλόντων λειτουργεῖν [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__IV.4 in Medicine texts, a regular prescribed course of life, ἐν τῇ καθεστηκυίᾳ π. ζῆν to live in the regular course, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἱ ἰατρικαὶ π. the periodical visits of a regular physician, the doctor's rounds, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: hence, medical practice, Heraclasap.[Refs 4th c.AD+]
__IV.4.b the period of menstruation, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__IV.4.c fit of intermittent fever, or the like, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ ἐκ περιόδου πυρετός an intermittent fever, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__IV.5 course at dinner, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. λόγων table-talk, [Refs]
__IV.6 orbit of a heavenly body, [Refs]; ἀστέρος κυκλικὴ π. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; also θεριναὶ π., ={τροπαί}, [Refs 5th c.BC+] revolution of a heavenly body, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__V survey in thought, ἡ ἅμα νοήματι π. τῶν κυριωτάτων [Refs]
__VI Rhet., period, Thrasymach. cited in Suid. see at {Θρασύμαχος}, etc.; defined as λέξις ἔχουσα ἀρχὴν καὶ τελευτὴν αὐτὴ καθ᾽ αὑτὴν καὶ μέγεθος εὐσύνοπτον, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; also in Music and Metric, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__VII vessel used in iron-founding, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__VIII entrance to a temple enclosure, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__IX = Latin regio, π. Καρίας[Refs]