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περίπλους

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: περίπλους περίπλουν

Structure: περιπλο (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ple/w

Sense

  1. sailing round
  2. that may be sailed round

Examples

  • παράπλοι δὲ αὐτὴν καὶ περίπλοι καὶ εἴσπλοι ναυτῶν ἁπάντων οὔποτε λείπουσιν, ἀλλ’ οἱ μὲν τὰ νῶτα κομίζονται οὐρίᾳ ἐφέντεσ εἰσ τὸ πέλαγοσ διὰ νήσων τῆσ πόλεωσ, οἱ δ’ εἰσ αὐτὴν καταθέουσί τε καὶ ἀναθέουσι. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 2:7)

Synonyms

  1. sailing round

  2. that may be sailed round

Related

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

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