Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

περιέσχατα

Irregular declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: περιέσχατα περιέσχατων

Sense

  1. the surrounding extremities

Examples

  • τὸν μὲν Κροῖσον ταῦτα ἀπηγέεσθαι, τῆσ δὲ πυρῆσ ἤδη ἁμμένησ καίεσθαι τὰ περιέσχατα. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 86 6:2)
  • καιομένου δὲ τοῦ ἄστεοσ οἱ Λυδοί τε καὶ ὅσοι Περσέων ἐνῆσαν ἐν τῇ πόλι, ἀπολαμφθέντεσ πάντοθεν ὥστε τὰ περιέσχατα νεμομένου τοῦ πυρόσ, καὶ οὐκ ἔχοντεσ ἐξήλυσιν ἐκ τοῦ ἄστεοσ, συνέρρεον ἔσ τε τὴν ἀγορὴν καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν Πακτωλὸν ποταμόν, ὅσ σφι ψῆγμα χρυσοῦ καταφορέων ἐκ τοῦ Τμώλου διὰ μέσησ τῆσ ἀγορῆσ ῥέει καὶ ἔπειτα ἐσ τὸν Ἕρμον ποταμὸν ἐκδιδοῖ, ὁ δὲ ἐσ θάλασσαν· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 5, chapter 101 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. the surrounding extremities

Similar forms

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

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