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) (ML)