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περιγραφή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: περιγραφή

Structure: περιγραφ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: from perigra/fw

Sense

  1. a line drawn round, an outline, sketch
  2. a circumference, circuit
  3. that which is marked by an outline, a contour
  4. dress

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative περιγραφή περιγραφᾱ́ περιγραφαί
Genitive περιγραφῆς περιγραφαῖν περιγραφῶν
Dative περιγραφῇ περιγραφαῖν περιγραφαῖς
Accusative περιγραφήν περιγραφᾱ́ περιγραφᾱ́ς
Vocative περιγραφή περιγραφᾱ́ περιγραφαί

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

  • καθάπερ δὲ τὴν Ἰλλυρικὴν παραλίαν ἐπιόντεσ μέχρι τῶν Κεραυνίων ὀρῶν προὔβημεν ἔξω τῆσ Ἰλλυρικῆσ πιπτόντων ὀρεινῆσ, ἐχόντων δέ τι οἰκεῖον πέρασ, τὰ μεσόγαια δ’ ἔθνη τούτοισ ἀφωρίσμεθα, νομίζοντεσ σημειωδεστέρασ ἔσεσθαι τὰσ τοιαύτασ περιγραφὰσ καὶ πρὸσ τὰ νῦν καὶ πρὸσ τὰ ὕστερον, οὕτω κἀνταῦθα ἡ παραλία, κἂν ὑπερπίπτῃ τὴν ὀρεινὴν γραμμήν, ὅμωσ εἰσ οἰκεῖόν τι πέρασ τελευτήσει τὸ τοῦ Πόντου στόμα καὶ πρὸσ τὰ νῦν καὶ πρὸσ τὰ ἐφεξῆσ. (Strabo, Geography, Book 7, chapter 6 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. a line drawn round

  2. a circumference

  3. that which is marked by an outline

  4. dress

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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