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περισφύριος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: περισφύριος περισφύριον

Structure: περισφυρι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: sfuro/n

Sense

  1. round the ankle

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative περισφύριος περισφύριον
Genitive περισφυρίου περισφυρίου
Dative περισφυρίῳ περισφυρίῳ
Accusative περισφύριον περισφύριον
Vocative περισφύριε περισφύριον
DualN/A/V περισφυρίω περισφυρίω
G/D περισφυρίοιν περισφυρίοιν
PluralNominative περισφύριοι περισφύρια
Genitive περισφυρίων περισφυρίων
Dative περισφυρίοις περισφυρίοις
Accusative περισφυρίους περισφύρια
Vocative περισφύριοι περισφύρια
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective περισφύριος περισφυρίου περισφυριώτερος περισφυριωτέρου περισφυριώτατος περισφυριωτάτου
Adverb περισφυρίως περισφυριώτερον περισφυριώτατα

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

  • Μακέων δὲ τούτων ἐχόμενοι Γινδᾶνεσ εἰσί, τῶν αἱ γυναῖκεσ περισφύρια δερμάτων πολλὰ ἑκάστη φορέει κατὰ τοιόνδε τι, ὡσ λέγεται· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 176 1:1)
  • κατ’ ἄνδρα ἕκαστον μιχθέντα περισφύριον περιδέεται· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 176 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. round the ankle

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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