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περίδρομος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: περίδρομος περίδρομον

Structure: περιδρομ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: peridramei=n

Sense

  1. running round
  2. going about, roaming
  3. that can be run round, standing apart, detached

Examples

  • εἰσ τὸν αὐτὸν ναὸν ἔνδοθεν τοῦ περιδρόμου κάλλοσ ἔχον καὶ πρόσθεν ἐπήρατον ἀλλ’ ἐπὶ μορφῇ τῇ πρὶν ἀρειοτέρην νῦν λάχον ἀγλαϊήν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 1, chapter 131)

Synonyms

  1. running round

  2. going about

Related

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

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