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περίβλεπτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: περίβλεπτος περίβλεπτον

Structure: περιβλεπτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. looked at from all sides, admired of all observers

Examples

  • καὶ γὰρ τοῖσ μὲν ἀφανῆ καὶ ταπεινὴν τὴν φύσιν ἔχουσιν οὐδ’ ὅταν μὴ καλῶσ τι πράξωσιν ἐπιπλήττομεν, τοῖσ δ’ ὥσπερ σὺ περιβλέπτοισ γεγενημένοισ καὶ τὸ παραμελῆσαί τινοσ τῶν καλλίστων αἰσχύνην φέρει. (Demosthenes, Speeches 51-61, 42:1)

Related

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

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