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περίπλεκτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: περίπλεκτος περίπλεκτον

Structure: περιπλεκτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from periple/kw

Sense

  1. intertwining, crossing

Examples

  • ἀείδον δ’ ἄρα πᾶσαι ἐσ ἓν μέλοσ ἐγκροτέοισαι ποσσὶ περιπλέκτοισ, ὑπὸ δ’ ἰάχε δῶμ’ ὑμεναίῳ. (Theocritus, Idylls, 2)

Synonyms

  1. intertwining

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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