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περιωπή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: περιωπή

Structure: περιωπ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: w)/y

Sense

  1. a place commanding a wide view, bird's-eye view
  2. circumspection, caution

Declension

First declension

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

  • ὅσ κεν Ἐπικτήτοιο σοφὴν τελέσειε μενοινήν, μειδιάει, βιότοιο γαληνιόων ἐνὶ πόντῳ, καὶ μετὰ ναυτιλίην βιοτήσιον εἰσαφικάνει οὐρανίην ἁψῖδα καὶ ἀστερίην περιωπήν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 2081)
  • ὑψόθι δ’ εἰσενόησα θαλασσαίην περιωπήν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 653 1:1)
  • δὴ καὶ τὸ γήινον ἤδη πᾶν ἀνήλωτο γένοσ, πάσασ ἑκάστησ τῆσ ψυχῆσ τὰσ γενέσεισ ἀποδεδωκυίασ, ὅσα ἦν ἑκάστῃ προσταχθὲν τοσαῦτα εἰσ γῆν σπέρματα πεσούσησ, τότε δὴ τοῦ παντὸσ ὁ μὲν κυβερνήτησ, οἱο͂ν πηδαλίων οἰάκοσ ἀφέμενοσ, εἰσ τὴν αὑτοῦ περιωπὴν ἀπέστη, τὸν δὲ δὴ κόσμον πάλιν ἀνέστρεφεν εἱμαρμένη τε καὶ σύμφυτοσ ἐπιθυμία. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 95:1)
  • ἀλλ’ ὅτε δὴ τρίτον ἦμαρ ἐυπλόκαμοσ τέλεσ’ Ηὤσ, καὶ τότ’ ἐγὼν ἐμὸν ἔγχοσ ἑλὼν καὶ φάσγανον ὀξὺ καρπαλίμωσ παρὰ νηὸσ ἀνήιον ἐσ περιωπήν, εἴ πωσ ἔργα ἴδοιμι βροτῶν ἐνοπήν τε πυθοίμην. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 10 14:7)
  • αὐτὰρ ἐγὼν ἐλθὼν τάχα εἴσομαι ἐσ περιωπήν. (Homer, Iliad, Book 14 2:5)

Synonyms

  1. circumspection

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

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