Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • Μνασέασ δὲ ὁ Πατρεὺσ ἐν τῷ Περίπλῳ τοὺσ ἐν τῷ Κλείτορι ποταμῷ φησιν ἰχθῦσ φθέγγεσθαι, καίτοι μόνουσ εἰρηκότοσ Ἀριστοτέλουσ φθέγγεσθαι σκάρον καὶ τὸν ποτάμιον χοῖρον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 31)
  • καὶ ἡ ἐξ Ἐρέσου δὲ τῆσ ποιητρίασ ὁμώνυμοσ ἑταίρα Σαπφὼ τοῦ καλοῦ Φάωνοσ ἐρασθεῖσα περιβόητοσ ἦν, ὥσ φησι Νυμφόδωροσ ἐν Περίπλῳ Ἀσίασ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 701)
  • καὶ Νυμφόδωροσ δ’ ἐν τῷ τῆσ Ἀσίασ Περίπλῳ καλλίονάσ φησι γίνεσθαι γυναῖκασ τῶν πανταχοῦ γυναικῶν ἐν Τενέδῳ τῇ Τρωικῇ νήσῳ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 89 5:3)
  • Νυμφόδωροσ δὲ ὁ Συρακόσιοσ ἐν τῷ τῆσ Ἀσίασ Περίπλῳ Λεσβίαν φησὶ γενέσθαι Σάλπην τὴν τὰ παίγνια συνθεῖσαν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 118 2:3)
  • ἐπὶ τούτοισ δὲ Νέαρχον ἐπὶ τῷ περίπλῳ τῷ ἐκ τῆσ Ἰνδῶν γῆσ κατὰ τὴν μεγάλην θάλασσαν ἐστεφάνωσε· (Arrian, Anabasis, book 7, chapter 5 6:1)

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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