περιπατέω

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

περῐ- (peri-, around) +‎ πατέω (patéō, to walk).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Verb

περῐπᾰτέω (peripatéō)

  1. to walk up and down, walk about
  2. to discourse
  3. (figuratively) to live

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References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πατέω (> COMP)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1157

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