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peripa^t-eô, walk up and down, as in a cloister, opp. badizein (take a walk), en tais stoais Dicaearch. ap. Plu.2.796d; walk about, Ar.Eq. 744, V.237; peripatôn andrias Alex.204; en tôi katastegôi dromôi Pl. Euthd.273a; p. anô katô Ar.Lys.709; p. peripatous X.Mem.3.13.5, cf. Men.Pk.156; peripateitai hê hodos the road is for walking on, A.D. Synt.279.19: c. acc., traverse, holên tên Aigupton POxy.471.124 (ii A.D.).

2. walk about while teaching, discourse, Pl.Ep.348c, D.L.7.109; p. es tous akroômenous dispute, argue with them, Philostr.VA 1.17, cf. 7.22.

3. metaph., walk, i.e. live, Phld.Lib.p.12 O.; kata tên paradosin Ev.Marc.7.5; ataktôs 2 Ep.Thess.3.6.