περιβολή
peribolēNoun (Feminine)G8719
a wrap-around
Full Lexicon Entry
1.anything which is thrown round, a covering, (Plato Philosophus); *χειρῶν περιβολαί *embraces, (Euripides); so *περιβολαί *alone, (Xenophon Historicus); περιβολαὶ χθονός, i. e. the grave, (Euripides); π. [ ξίφεος] a scabbard, (Euripides): absolute of walls round a town, ἑπτάπυργοι π. (Euripides)
2.a space enclosed, compass, *οἰκίης μεγάλης περιβολή *a house of large compass, (Herdotus Historicus)
3.a circumference, circuit, (Thucydides); π. *ποιεῖσθαι *to make a circuit, (Xenophon Historicus)
4.metaphorically
5.a compassing, endeavouring after, τῆς ἀρχῆς, Lat. affectatio imperii, (Xenophon Historicus)
6.ἡ π. *τοῦ λόγου *the whole compass of the matter, long and short of it, (Isocrates Orator)
Grammar
Part of Speech Noun (Feminine)
Morphology G:N-F
DescriptionGreek Noun, Feminine
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