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 |
περῐφρᾰδέε περῐφρᾰδεῖ perĭphrădée perĭphrădeî |
περῐφρᾰδέε περῐφρᾰδεῖ perĭphrădée perĭphrădeî |
περῐφρᾰδέες περῐφρᾰδεῖς perĭphrădées perĭphrădeîs |
περῐφρᾰδέᾰ perĭphrădéă | ||||||||
| Genitive | περῐφρᾰδέος περῐφρᾰδεῦς perĭphrădéos perĭphrădeûs |
περῐφρᾰδέος περῐφρᾰδεῦς perĭphrădéos perĭphrădeûs |
περῐφρᾰδεοῖῐ̈ν perĭphrădeoîĭ̈n |
περῐφρᾰδεοῖῐ̈ν perĭphrădeoîĭ̈n |
περῐφρᾰδέων perĭphrădéōn |
περῐφρᾰδέων perĭphrădéōn | ||||||||
| Dative | περῐφρᾰδέῐ̈ περῐφρᾰδεῖ perĭphrădéĭ̈ perĭphrădeî |
περῐφρᾰδέῐ̈ περῐφρᾰδεῖ perĭphrădéĭ̈ perĭphrădeî |
περῐφρᾰδεοῖῐ̈ν perĭphrădeoîĭ̈n |
περῐφρᾰδεοῖῐ̈ν perĭphrădeoîĭ̈n |
περῐφρᾰδέσῐ περῐφρᾰδέσῐν περῐφρᾰδέσσῐ περῐφρᾰδέσσῐν περῐφρᾰδέεσσῐ περῐφρᾰδέεσσῐν perĭphrădésĭ(n) perĭphrădéssĭ(n) perĭphrădéessĭ(n) |
περῐφρᾰδέσῐ περῐφρᾰδέσῐν περῐφρᾰδέσσῐ περῐφρᾰδέσσῐν περῐφρᾰδέεσσῐ περῐφρᾰδέεσσῐν perĭphrădésĭ(n) perĭphrădéssĭ(n) perĭphrădéessĭ(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | περῐφρᾰδέᾰ perĭphrădéă |
περῐφρᾰδές perĭphrădés |
περῐφρᾰδέε περῐφρᾰδεῖ perĭphrădée perĭphrădeî |
περῐφρᾰδέε περῐφρᾰδεῖ perĭphrădée perĭphrădeî |
περῐφρᾰδέᾰς perĭphrădéăs |
περῐφρᾰδέᾰ perĭphrădéă | ||||||||
| Vocative | περῐφρᾰδές perĭphrădés |
περῐφρᾰδές perĭphrădés |
περῐφρᾰδέε περῐφρᾰδεῖ perĭphrădée perĭphrădeî |
περῐφρᾰδέε περῐφρᾰδεῖ perĭphrădée perĭphrădeî |
περῐφρᾰδέες περῐφρᾰδεῖς perĭphrădées perĭphrădeîs |
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