Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

περιπτυχής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: περιπτυχής περιπτυχές

Structure: περιπτυχη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: periptu/ssw

Sense

  1. folded round
  2. fallen around, upon)

Examples

  • Αἰάσ ὅδ’ ἡμῖν ἀρτίωσ νεοσφαγὴσ κεῖται, κρυφαίῳ φασγάνῳ περιπτυχήσ. (Sophocles, Ajax, choral, strophe 19)

Synonyms

  1. folded round

  2. fallen around

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

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