περίοικος, ον,
dwelling round, οἱ π. Λίβυες Hdt. 4.159; οἱ π . neighbours, Id. 1.166, 175, Ephipp. 5.6; ἡ π . (sc. χώρα ) LXX [Gen 19:25]; τὸ π. τοῦ Ἰορδάνου ib. [1Ki 7:33](46); τὰ π . the neighbouring countries, App. Mith. 112, Hdn. 6.2.1 .
II in Laconia, οἱ π . the inhabitants of the towns dependent on Sparta, Hdt. 6.58, 9.11, Th. 1.101, etc.; also in Crete, Arist. Pol. 1271b30; at Argos, ib. 1303a8: hence generally, dependent, subject, περιοίκους τε καὶ οἰκέτας ἔχοντες Pl. R. 547c; ἐξὸν . . ἅπαντας τοὺς βαρβάρους περιοίκους τῆς Ἑλλάδος καταστῆσαι Isoc. 4.131 .
III geographically, περίοικοι, οἱ, those who live on the same parallel of latitude as ourselves but 180[*] East or West of us, opp. ἄντοικοι (v. Addenda), ἀντίποδες (qq. v.). Gem. 16.1, Cleom. 1.2 .
G4040 — περίοικος
περιοίκου (περί and οἶκος), dwelling around, a neighbor: [Luk 1:58]. ([Gen 19:29]; [Deu 1:7]; [Jer 30:5]; Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Isocrates, others.)
περί - οικος , - ον ,
[in LXX for H3603, etc.;]
dwelling around; as subst ., ὁ Papyri, a neighbour: [Luk 1:58] ( cf. πλησίον ). †