Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

περιδέραιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: περιδέραιος περιδέραιον

Structure: περιδεραι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: de/rh

Sense

  1. passed round the neck, a necklace

Examples

  • "οὐ γάρ, ὅτι τῇ καρδίᾳ τὸν θυμὸν ἐνστρατοπεδεύειν ᾤοντο, τοὺσ περιδεραίουσ τῶν στεφάνων ὑποθυμίδασ ἐκάλουν ἐπιθυμίδασ γὰρ αὐτοῖσ διὰ γε τοῦτο μᾶλλον ἦν καλεῖσθαι προσῆκον, ἀλλ’ ὡσ λέγω διὰ τὴν ἀποφορὰν καὶ ὑποθυμίασιν. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 3, 10:27)

Synonyms

  1. passed round the neck

Related

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

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