περιφέρω
Infl. fut. -οίσω
Infl. aor1 -ήνεγκα
Infl. aor2 -ήνεγκον
I. "to carry round", Hdt.: "to carry about" with one, id=Hdt., Eur.:—Pass., c. acc. loci, λέοντος περιενειχθέντος τὸ τεῖχος "being carried round" the wall, Hdt.; absol., περιφερόμενος "swinging about" (in a basket), Plat.
2. metaph., οὔτε μέμνημαι τὸ πρᾶγμα οὔτε με περιφέρει οὐδὲν εἰδέναι τούτων nor "does" [my mind] "carry" me "back" to the knowledge of any of these things, Hdt.
3. "to move round, to hand round" at table, Xen.
4. "to turn round", τὴν κεφαλήν Plut.
5. "to carry round, publish":—Pass., περιεφέρετο τὸ ῥῆμα the saying "was passed from mouth to mouth", Plat.
6. "to carry to and fro", Plut.
7. "to bring round", i. e. into one's own power, id=Plut.
II. intr. "to survive, endure, hold out", Thuc.
III. of periods of time, Hdt.; of argument, περιφέρεσθαι εἰς ταὐτό Plat.
2. "to wander about", Xen.:— "to be unsteady, wavering", Plut.