Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

περιληπτός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: περιληπτός περιληπτή περιληπτόν

Structure: περιληπτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. embraced or to be embraced

Examples

  • ὁρατὸσ γὰρ ἁπτόσ τέ ἐστιν καὶ σῶμα ἔχων, πάντα δὲ τὰ τοιαῦτα αἰσθητά, τὰ δ’ αἰσθητά, δόξῃ περιληπτὰ μετ’ αἰσθήσεωσ, γιγνόμενα καὶ γεννητὰ ἐφάνη. (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 70:4)
  • οὕτωσ οὔτ’ ἐπιδερκτὰ τάδ’ ἀνδράσιν οὔτ’ ἐπακουστὰ οὔτε νόῳ περιληπτά· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Q, Kef. ia'. PURRWN 13:3)

Synonyms

  1. embraced or to be embraced

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

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