E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Peripatet’ics.
Founder of the Peripatetics—Aristotle, who used to teach his disciples in the covered walk of the Lycum. This colonnade was called the perip’atos, because it was a place for walking about (peri pateo).
um. This colonnade was called the perip’atos, because it was a place for walking about (peri pateo).
