Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

περικαής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: περικαής περικαές

Structure: περικαη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: kai/omai

Sense

  1. on fire all round, to be hot with love

Examples

  • περικαὲσ δέ ἐστιν οὕτωσ τὸ χωρίον, ὡσ μηδένα ῥᾳδίωσ προϊέναι. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 532:2)

Synonyms

  1. on fire 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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