περίστυλον

A. surrounded with a colonnade, αὐλή Hdt. 2.148, 153, Muson. Fr. 19p.108H., Aphth. Prog. 12 ; δόμοι E. Andr. 1099; σῦριγξ Callix. 2 ; ναὸς στοαῖς . . περίστυλος Paus. 6.25.1.

II. Subst. περίστυλον, τό, peristyle, colonnade round a temple or round the court of a house, LXX Ez. 42.3 (pl.), D.S. 18.26, IG 5(2).268.50 (Mantinea, i B. C.), J. BJ 1.21.11 (pl.) ; also, area surrounded by a colonnade, LXX 3 Ma. 5.23,al.:—so περίστυλος, ὁ, D.S. 1.48 : gender indeterminate in IG 42(1).109i i 132, al. (Epid., pl.), Callix. 2, Plb. 10.27.10 (pl.), 15.25A. 3, D.S. 1.47, Plu. Arat. 26, 2.586b.