Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

περιπετής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: περιπετής περιπετές

Structure: περιπετη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: peripesei=n

Sense

  1. falling round, with his arms clasped round
  2. wrapt in
  3. round which, on which)
  4. falling in with, liable
  5. changing suddenly, sudden

Examples

  • ἐν γάρ οἱ χθονὶ πηκτὸν τόδ’ ἔγχοσ περιπετὲσ κατηγορεῖ. (Sophocles, Ajax, choral, strophe 115)

Synonyms

  1. round which

  2. falling in with

  3. changing suddenly

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

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