περισπασμός

A. wheeling round, Plb. 10.23.3,12.18.3.

II. distracting circumstances, distraction, Metrod. Herc. 831.7, Plb. 3.87.9(pl.), Phld. Mus. p.98K., Plu. 2.831f (pl.) ; ἐν περισπασμοῖς εἶναι Plb. 4.32.5, etc.; οἱ τῆς πόλεως π. καὶ φόβοι D.S. 12.38 ; περισπασμοὶ καὶ πιθανότητες Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.77 : rarely in sg., θυμοῦ π. LXX Ec. 2.23, cf. Arr. Epict. 3.22.71.

III. circumflex accent, D.H. Comp. 11, A.D. Pron. 34.24.