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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

  • τοῖσ δὲ κίοσι πρὸ τῶν τὸ ῥεῦμα δεχομένων πλευρῶν γωνίασ προκατεσκεύασεν ἐχούσασ τὴν ἀπορροὴν περιφερῆ καὶ συνδεδεμένην κατ’ ὀλίγον ἑώσ τοῦ κατὰ τὸν κίονα πλάτουσ, ὅπωσ αἱ μὲν περὶ τὰσ γωνίασ ὀξύτητεσ τέμνωσι τὴν καταφορὰν τοῦ ῥεύματοσ, αἱ δὲ περιφέρειαι τῇ τούτου βίᾳ συνείκουσαι πραΰνωσι τὴν σφοδρότητα τοῦ ποταμοῦ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 2, chapter 8 2:3)
  • Ἔστωσαν ἴσοι κύκλοι οἱ ΑΒΓ, ΔΕΖ, καὶ ἐν αὐτοῖσ ἴσαι περιφέρειαι ἀπειλήφθωσαν αἱ ΒΗΓ, ΕΘΖ, καὶ ἐπεζεύχθωσαν αἱ ΒΓ, ΕΖ εὐθεῖαι· (Euclid, Elements, book 3, type Prop483)
  • αἱ πέντε ἄρα περιφέρειαι αἱ ΑΒ, ΒΓ, ΓΔ, ΔΕ, ΕΑ ἴσαι ἀλλήλαισ εἰσίν. (Euclid, Elements, book 4, type Prop192)
  • αἱ ἓξ ἄρα περιφέρειαι αἱ ΑΒ, ΒΓ, ΓΔ, ΔΕ, ΕΖ, ΖΑ ἴσαι ἀλλήλαισ εἰσίν. (Euclid, Elements, book 4, type Prop305)
  • Ἐπεὶ οὖν ἴσαι εἰσὶν αἱ ΒΓ, ΓΚ, ΚΛ περιφέρειαι ἀλλήλαισ, ἴσαι εἰσὶ καὶ αἱ ὑπὸ ΒΗΓ, ΓΗΚ, ΚΗΛ γωνίαι ἀλλήλαισ· (Euclid, Elements, book 6, type Prop659)

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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