περιφραδής
Ancient Greek
Etymology
περι- (peri-) + φραδής (phradḗs, “understanding, wise, shrewd”), from the root of φράζω (phrázō)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pe.ri.pʰra.dɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pe.ri.pʰraˈde̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pe.ri.ɸraˈðis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pe.ri.fraˈðis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pe.ri.fraˈðis/
Adjective
περῐφρᾰδής • (perĭphrădḗs) m or f (neuter περῐφρᾰδές); third declension
- (chiefly Epic) very thoughtful, very careful
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | περῐφρᾰδής perĭphrădḗs |
περῐφρᾰδές perĭphrădés |
περῐφρᾰδεῖ / περῐφρᾰδέε perĭphrădeî / perĭphrădée |
περῐφρᾰδεῖ / περῐφρᾰδέε perĭphrădeî / perĭphrădée |
περῐφρᾰδεῖς / περῐφρᾰδέες perĭphrădeîs / perĭphrădées |
περῐφρᾰδέᾰ perĭphrădéă | ||||||||
| Genitive | περῐφρᾰδέος / περῐφρᾰδεῦς perĭphrădéos / perĭphrădeûs |
περῐφρᾰδέος / περῐφρᾰδεῦς perĭphrădéos / perĭphrădeûs |
περῐφρᾰδοῖν perĭphrădoîn |
περῐφρᾰδοῖν perĭphrădoîn |
περῐφρᾰδέων perĭphrădéōn |
περῐφρᾰδέων perĭphrădéōn | ||||||||
| Dative | περῐφρᾰδεῖ / περῐφρᾰδέῐ̈ perĭphrădeî / perĭphrădéĭ̈ |
περῐφρᾰδεῖ / περῐφρᾰδέῐ̈ perĭphrădeî / perĭphrădéĭ̈ |
περῐφρᾰδοῖν perĭphrădoîn |
περῐφρᾰδοῖν perĭphrădoîn |
περῐφρᾰδέσῐ / περῐφρᾰδέσῐν perĭphrădésĭ(n) |
περῐφρᾰδέσῐ / περῐφρᾰδέσῐν perĭphrădésĭ(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | περῐφρᾰδέᾰ perĭphrădéă |
περῐφρᾰδές perĭphrădés |
περῐφρᾰδεῖ / περῐφρᾰδέε perĭphrădeî / perĭphrădée |
περῐφρᾰδεῖ / περῐφρᾰδέε perĭphrădeî / perĭphrădée |
περῐφρᾰδέᾰς perĭphrădéăs |
περῐφρᾰδέᾰ perĭphrădéă | ||||||||
| Vocative | περῐφρᾰδές perĭphrădés |
περῐφρᾰδές perĭphrădés |
περῐφρᾰδεῖ / περῐφρᾰδέε perĭphrădeî / perĭphrădée |
περῐφρᾰδεῖ / περῐφρᾰδέε perĭphrădeî / perĭphrădée |
περῐφρᾰδεῖς / περῐφρᾰδέες perĭphrădeîs / perĭphrădées |
περῐφρᾰδέᾰ perĭphrădéă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| περῐφρᾰδέως perĭphrădéōs |
περῐφρᾰδέστερος perĭphrădésteros |
περῐφρᾰδέστᾰτος perĭphrădéstătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- περιφραδής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “περιφραδής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press