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περιπλοκή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: περιπλοκή

Structure: περιπλοκ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: periple/kw

Sense

  1. a twining round, entanglement, intricacy

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative περιπλοκή περιπλοκᾱ́ περιπλοκαί
Genitive περιπλοκῆς περιπλοκαῖν περιπλοκῶν
Dative περιπλοκῇ περιπλοκαῖν περιπλοκαῖς
Accusative περιπλοκήν περιπλοκᾱ́ περιπλοκᾱ́ς
Vocative περιπλοκή περιπλοκᾱ́ περιπλοκαί

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἐστιν ὡσ ξύλον οὔτ’ ἄγαν πυκνὸσ ὡσ χρυσὸσ ἢ λίθοσ, ἀλλ’ ἔχει πόρουσ καὶ οἴμουσ καὶ τραχύτητασ διὰ τὰσ ἀνωμαλίασ τῷ ἀέρι συμμέτρουσ, ὥστε μὴ ἀπολισθάνειν ἀλλ’ ἕδραισ τισὶν ἐνισχόμενον καὶ ἀντερείσεσι περιπλοκὴν σύμμετρον ἐχούσαισ, ὡσ ἂν ἐμπέσῃ πρὸσ τὴν λίθον φερόμενοσ, ἀποβιάζεσθαι καὶ προωθεῖν τὸν σίδηρον. (Plutarch, Platonicae quaestiones, chapter 7, section 7 7:1)
  • ὅθεν καὶ τῶν λόγων τοῖσ ᾐνιγμένοισ χαίρουσι μᾶλλον οἱ τηλικοῦτοι καὶ τῶν παιδιῶν ταῖσ περιπλοκήν τινα καὶ δυσκολίαν ἐχούσαισ ἕλκει γὰρ ὡσ οἰκεῖον ἀδιδάκτωσ τὴν φύσιν τὸ γλαφυρὸν καὶ πανοῦργον. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 5, 9:1)
  • πρὸσ δὲ τὴν λεγομένην περιπλοκὴν καὶ σύνδεσιν ἀντιπράττουσι διάλυσιν διαλύειν γὰρ μάλιστα πεφύκασι. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 6, 8:2)

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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