περιεστῶτα [1 verse](part pl perf act neut acc) "Stand by" is from periistemi which means "to place round", "to bring round", "to place round oneself", "to stand round about" [in the passive], "to encircle", "to surround", "to come round", "to revolve", "to reverse", "to go around so as to avoid", "to shun", "to turn out [especially for the worse]", "t sneak around," and "to circumvent."