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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

  • ὑπεξαιρουμένησ δὲ τῆσ περιγραφῆσ πάσησ, τἆλλα πάντα ὠνόμασταί τε τοῖσ προσφυεστάτοισ ὀνόμασι καὶ περιείληπται τοῖσ ἐπιτηδειοτάτοισ σχηματισμοῖσ, ἀρετῆσ τε οὐδεμιᾶσ ὡσ εἰπεῖν οὔτε λεκτικῆσ οὔτε πραγματικῆσ ἐνδεῶσ ἔσχηκεν· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 261)
  • τὸ γὰρ τῆσ ἱστορίασ γένοσ ἁπλοῦν ἐστι καὶ συμφυὲσ αὑτῷ καὶ τὸ σύνολον ἐμψύχῳ σώματι παραπλήσιον, οὗ τὸ μὲν ἐσπαραγμένον ἐστέρηται τῆσ ψυχικῆσ χάριτοσ, τὸ δὲ τὴν ἀναγκαίαν σύνθεσιν ἔχον εὐκαίρωσ τετήρηται καὶ τῷ συμφυεῖ τῆσ ὅλησ περιγραφῆσ ἐπιτερπῆ καὶ σαφῆ παρίστησι τὴν ἀνάγνωσιν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 20, chapter 1 5:1)

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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