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Pĕrĭēgēsis

Pĕrĭēgēsis · f

a leading round

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What it meant

Pĕrĭēgēsis — Lewis & Short

Pĕrĭēgēsis, is, f., = *perih/ghsis,

I a leading round to exhibit whatever is worth notice; hence, a geographical description. This term is used as the title of a poem by Avienus.—Hence, pĕrĭēgētĭcus, i, m., the writer of travels: Metrodorus, Lact. ad Stat. Th. 3, 479.

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