περιωπή

A. place commanding a wide view, Il. 14.8, 23.451, Od. 10.146, Pl. Plt. 272e ; παράκτιος π. AP 6.167 (Agath.) ; ἐκ περιωπῆς from a place of vantage, by a bird's-eye view, Luc. Symp. 11, Im. 1 ; ἐκ π. τοῦ Πηλίου from the summit of P., Philostr. Her. 19.1.

II. circumspection, πολλὴν π. τινὸς ποιεῖσθαι to show much caution in a thing, Th. 4.87.

III. contemplation, ἐπιστήμης, τοῦ θείου, Procl in Alc. pp.19,21 C. : pl., ταῖς τοῦ νοῦ π. Dam. Pr. 54.