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περίφρακτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: περίφρακτος περίφρακτον

Structure: περιφρακτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from perifra/ssw

Sense

  1. fenced round, an inclosure

Examples

  • λέγεται δὲ τῆσ κύλικοσ πεσούσησ ἐκχυθῆναι τὸ φάρμακον ὅπου νῦν ἐν Δελφινίῳ τὸ περίφρακτόν ἐστιν, ἐνταῦθα γὰρ ὁ Αἰγεὺσ ᾤκει, καὶ τὸν Ἑρμῆν τὸν πρὸσ ἑώ τοῦ ἱεροῦ καλοῦσιν ἐπ’ Αἰγέωσ πύλαισ. (Plutarch, chapter 12 3:2)

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

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