πέριξ, strengthened for περί, mostly
Ionic dialect Prose and Trag. (in latter usually
adverb):
I)
preposition,
round about, all round, with
genitive, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.2) rarely with
dative, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.3) commonly with
accusative, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: mostly before its case, but also after,[
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II)
adverb round about, π. ὑπορύσσοντες τὸ τεῖχος [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κύκλῳ π. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
circuitously, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: rare in
Attic dialect Prose, π. πολιορκεῖν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ π. τόπος, οἱ π, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ π. χρόνος, i.e. all times save the present, [
NT+4th c.BC+]