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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From περῐ- (perĭ-, “beyond”) + -φρων (-phrōn, suffix for adjectives relating to the mind or emotions).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pe.rí.pʰrɔːn/ → /peˈri.ɸron/ → /peˈri.fron/
Adjective
περῐ́φρων • (perĭ́phrōn) m or f (neuter —); third declension
- (Homeric epithet of Penelope and other women) having very good sense, wise, sagacious, prudent
800 BCE – 600 BCE,
Homer,
Odyssey 1.328–329:
- τοῦ δ’ ὑπερωϊόθεν φρεσὶ σύνθετο θέσπιν ἀοιδὴν
κούρη Ῑ̓καρίοιο, περίφρων Πηνελόπεια:- toû d’ huperōïóthen phresì súntheto théspin aoidḕn
koúrē Īkaríoio, períphrōn Pēnelópeia: - From upstairs, she listened in her mind to inspired song:
Ikarius's girl, prudent Penelope.
- (later) excessively confident, haughty
Inflection
ὁ, ἡ περῐ́φρων ho, hē perĭ́phrōn
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τὼ περῐ́φρονε tṑ perĭ́phrone
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οἱ, αἱ περῐ́φρονες hoi, hai perĭ́phrones
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τοῦ, τῆς περῐ́φρονος toû, tês perĭ́phronos
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τοῖν περῐφρόνοιν toîn perĭphrónoin
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τῶν περῐφρόνων tôn perĭphrónōn
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τῷ, τῇ περῐ́φρονῐ tôi, têi perĭ́phronĭ
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τοῖν περῐφρόνοιν toîn perĭphrónoin
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τοῖς, ταῖς περῐ́φροσῐ / περῐ́φροσῐν toîs, taîs perĭ́phrosĭ(n)
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τὸν, τὴν περῐ́φρονᾰ tòn, tḕn perĭ́phronă
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τὼ περῐ́φρονε tṑ perĭ́phrone
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τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς περῐ́φρονᾰς toùs, tā̀s perĭ́phronăs
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περῐ́φρον perĭ́phron
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περῐ́φρονε perĭ́phrone
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περῐ́φρονες perĭ́phrones
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References
- “περίφρων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “περίφρων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “περίφρων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- περίφρων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- περίφρων in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963