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pĕrĭŏdeuta, ae, m., = περιοδευτής, one that goes about, a visitor, Cod. Just. 1, 3, 42.

† pĕrĭŏdĭcus, a, um, adj., = περιοδικός, that returns at stated times, periodical (post-Aug.), Plin. 20, 3, 8, § 15: typi, Cael. Aur. Acut. 1, 14, 110.

† pĕrĭŏdus (pĕrĭhŏdus, Fest. p. 217 Müll.), i, f., = περίοδος.

  1. I. A complete sentence, a period: in toto circuitu illo orationis, quem Graeci περίοδον, nos tum ambitum, tum circuitum, tum comprehensionem, aut continuationem, aut circumscriptionem dicimus, Cic. Or. 61, 204; cf. id. Brut. 8, 34; 44, 162; Quint. 9, 4, 14; Plin. Ep. 5, 20, 4.
  2. II. The circuit of the four Grecian games (the Pythian, Isthmian, Nemean, and Olympian): in gymnicis certaminibus periodon vicisse dicitur, qui Pythia, Isthmia, Nemea, Olympia vicit, a circumitu eorum spectaculorum, Fest. p. 217 Müll.