Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

περιπόθητος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: περιπόθητος περιπόθητον

Structure: περιποθητ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. much-beloved

Examples

  • "Λοιπὸσ δ’ ἐσ τὴν περιπόθητον αὐτῷ μοναρχίαν σὺ νῦν ὑπολείπῃ· (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 5, chapter 14 3:1)
  • τί δ’, ἂν ἅμα ταῖσ σκηναῖσ ἐχομέναισ καὶ ταῖσ ναυσὶν ἐμπιμπραμέναισ καὶ τὴν περιπόθητον ταύτην ἀποσφάξωσιν, ἢ καὶ λαβόντεσ αἰχμάλωτον αὖθισ ἄγωσι πρὸσ ἑαυτούσ; (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 11:15)

Synonyms

  1. much-beloved

Related

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

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