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περίρρυτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: περίρρυτος περίρρυτον

Structure: περιρρυτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: like peri/rroos

Sense

  1. surrounded with water, sea-girt
  2. flowing round, that flow round

Examples

  • προκαταλύσαισ δ’ ἂν καὶ ἐν μέσῳ τῷ πελάγει τὸν πλοῦν καὶ ἐντύχοισ ἂν καὶ γῇ καὶ πόλεσι καὶ χωρίοισ ὥσπερ τισὶ μικραῖσ ἠπείροισ περιρρύτοισ, καὶ ταμίασ ἂν γένοιο αὐτὸσ τοῦ πλοῦ, καὶ πρὶν ἐκπερᾶσαι πᾶν τὸ πέλαγοσ, αὖθισ ἂν ὀπίσω κομίζοιο, ὁμοίωσ ἐκτελέσασ τὸν σκοπόν. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 3:5)

Synonyms

  1. surrounded with water

  2. flowing 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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