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περιπτυχή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: περιπτυχή

Structure: περιπτυχ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. something which enfolds, enfolding, cloak or fence
  2. an enfolding, embracing

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative περιπτυχή περιπτυχᾱ́ περιπτυχαί
Genitive περιπτυχῆς περιπτυχαῖν περιπτυχῶν
Dative περιπτυχῇ περιπτυχαῖν περιπτυχαῖς
Accusative περιπτυχήν περιπτυχᾱ́ περιπτυχᾱ́ς
Vocative περιπτυχή περιπτυχᾱ́ περιπτυχαί

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

  • ὦ μῶρε μῶρε μὴ θεῶν κίνει φρένασ δεινάσ, ὅπωσ μή σου γένοσ πανώλεθρον Διὸσ μακέλλῃ πᾶν ἀναστρέψῃ Δίκη, λιγνὺσ δὲ σῶμα καὶ δόμων περιπτυχὰσ καταιθαλώσῃ σου Λικυμνίαισ βολαῖσ. (Aristophanes, Birds, Lyric-Scene, strophe 1 2:14)

Synonyms

  1. an enfolding

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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