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περιποίκιλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: περιποίκιλος περιποίκιλον

Structure: περιποικιλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. variegated or spotted all over

Examples

  • τὴν δὲ οὐρὰν οἱ μὲν κύκλῳ περιποίκιλον, οἱ δὲ παράσειρον, καὶ τὰ ὄμματα οἱ μὲν χαροποί, οἱ δ’ ὑπόγλαυκοι· (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 5 28:1)

Synonyms

  1. variegated or spotted all over

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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