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περιφέρεια

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: περιφέρεια

Structure: περιφερει (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: from periferh/s

Sense

  1. the line round a circular body, a periphery, circumference
  2. the outer surface
  3. a round body

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τοῦτο πονηρὸν ἐν παντὶ πεποιημένῳ ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον, ὅτι συνάντημα ἓν τοῖσ πᾶσι. καί γε καρδία υἱῶν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐπληρώθη πονηροῦ, καὶ περιφέρεια ἐν καρδίᾳ αὐτῶν ἐν ζωῇ αὐτῶν, καὶ ὀπίσω αὐτῶν πρὸσ τοὺσ νεκρούσ. (Septuagint, Liber Ecclesiastes 9:3)
  • ἀρχὴ λόγων στόματοσ αὐτοῦ ἀφροσύνη, καὶ ἐσχάτη στόματοσ αὐτοῦ περιφέρεια πονηρά, (Septuagint, Liber Ecclesiastes 10:13)
  • οὐρανὸσ δέ ἐστιν ἡ ἐσχάτη περιφέρεια ἐν ᾗ πᾶν ἵδρυται τὸ θεῖον. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, ISTORIWN Z, Kef. a'. ZHNWN 138:4)
  • ἡ δὲ περιφέρεια οὐκ ἀδυνά‐ τωσ μὲν ἔχει γίνεσθαι πάντοθεν τῶν ἄκρων ἀποτηκομένων καὶ ἐν τῇ συστάσει πάντοθεν, ὡσ λέγεται, κατὰ μέρη ὁμαλῶσ περιισταμένων εἴτε ὑδατοειδῶν τινων εἴτε πνευματωδῶν. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, I, EPIKOUROS 107:1)
  • λέγω, ὅτι ἴση ἐστὶν ἡ ΒΚΓ περιφέρεια τῇ ΕΛΖ περιφερείᾳ. (Euclid, Elements, book 3, type Prop438)
  • ταῦτα δὲ πότερον διώρισται καθάπερ τὰ τοῦ σώματοσ μόρια καὶ πᾶν τὸ μεριστόν, ἢ τῷ λόγῳ δύο ἐστὶν ἀχώριστα πεφυκότα καθάπερ ἐν τῇ περιφερείᾳ τὸ κυρτὸν καὶ τὸ κοῖλον, οὐθὲν διαφέρει πρὸσ τὸ παρόν. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 1 139:4)
  • καθ’ ὃν δὴ χρόνον οἱ κατὰ τὴν πόλιν ἄνεσιν λαβόντεσ τῆσ ἀπὸ τῶν μηχανῶν βίασ ᾠκοδόμησαν τρίτον τεῖχοσ μηνοειδέσ, περιλαμβάνοντεσ τῇ μὲν περιφερείᾳ πάντα τὸν κινδυνεύοντα τόπον τοῦ τείχουσ· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 20, chapter 97 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. a round body

Related

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

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