Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

περίφλοιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: περίφλοιος περίφλοιον

Structure: περιφλοι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. with bark all round

Examples

  • τὸ δὲ ξύλον τὸ ἐξαπτόμενον ἔστω μὲν δρυὸσ ἢ πρίνου, μέγεθοσ τρισπίθαμον, περίφλοιον, πάχοσ παλαιστῆσ. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 9 15:4)

Synonyms

  1. with bark all round

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

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