2. rarely c. dat., E.Ph.710.
3. commonly c. acc., Hdt.1.196, 3.158, 4.36, al.: mostly before its case, but also after, ib.52,79, as also in A.Pers.368, dub. in E.HF243.
II. Adv. round about, “π. ὑπορύσσοντες τὸ τεῖχος” Hdt.5.115 ; π. λαβεῖν ἄνθρωπον to surround him, ib.87; κύκλῳ π. A.Pers.418, dub. in S.Ant.1301, E.Andr.266 ; [“Ὠκεανὸς] π. γᾶν ἀμπέχει” Limen.10 : metaph., πᾶν π. φρονοῦντες circuitously, E.Andr. 448 : rare in Att. Prose, “π. πολιορκεῖν” Th.6.90; ὁ π. τόπος, οἱ π., Pl.Ti.62e, X.Cyr.1.5.2, cf. Epicur.Ep.2p.47U.; ὁ π. χρόνος, i.e. all times save the present, Arist.Int.16b18 ; “τὸ π. ὕδωρ” Thphr.Sens.26 ; later “αἱ π. πόλεις” Act.Ap.5.16 ; “αἱ π. κῶμαι” SIG880.44 (Pizus, iii A.D.).