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

  • Χοίρου δὲ πονηρὰ, ὁκόταν ᾖ ἐνωμότερα ἢ περικαῆ‧ χολερώδεα δ’ἂν εἰή καὶ ἐκταρακτικά. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 18.17)

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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