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πέρατος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πέρατος πέρατη πέρατον

Structure: περατ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pe/ra

Sense

  1. on the opposite side, an opposite land or quarter

Examples

  • Παραγενόμενοσ δὲ τῶν ἀνασωθέντων τισ ἀπήγγειλεν Ἅβραμ τῷ περάτῃ. αὐτὸσ δὲ κατῴκει παρὰ τῇ δρυί̈ τῇ Μαμβρῇ Ἀμορραίου τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ Ἐσχὼλ καὶ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ Αὐνάν, οἳ ἦσαν συνωμόται τοῦ Ἅβραμ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 14:13)
  • νύκτα μὲν ἐν περάτῃ δολιχὴν σχέθεν, Ηὦ δ’ αὖτε ῥύσατ’ ἐπ’ Ὠκεανῷ χρυσόθρονον, οὐδ’ ἐά ἵππουσ ζεύγνυσθ’ ὠκύποδασ, φάοσ ἀνθρώποισι φέροντασ, Λάμπον καὶ Φαέθονθ’, οἵ τ’ Ηὦ πῶλοι ἄγουσι. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 23 28:7)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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