Περιδέεια

exceeding fear

Translated by William Hutton29 Sep 2011Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 39 words
Also [sc. attested is] perideh/s ["exceedingly fearful"], [meaning] exceedingly timorous.1
"And they were revealing [or: beginning to reveal, or trying to reveal] the many terrible things that happened to them with the exceedingly fearful [sc. aspect] of their visage."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Περιδέεια. καὶ Περιδεής, περίφοβος. καὶ τὰ συμπεσόντα αὐτοῖς πολλὰ καὶ δεινὰ τῷ περιδεεῖ τῆς ὄψεως ἐμήνυον.

Betacode
*peride/eia. kai\ *perideh/s, peri/fobos. kai\ ta\ sumpeso/nta au)toi=s polla\ kai\ deina\ tw=| perideei= th=s o)/yews e)mh/nuon.

Notes (2)

  1. The unglossed headword -- apparently a feminine nominative singular noun related to the adjective glossed in the body of the entry -- is attested only here and (according to Adler) in the Ambrosian Lexicon.
  2. 1= Hesychius pi1610, Synagoge, Photius pi655 Theodoridis. Adler asserts that these entries are prompted by Herodotus 7.15.1, where Xerxes is described by this adjective. Theodoridis notes that Schmidt (on Hesychius) agrees, and he is tempted to agree himself, though he also mentions instances in Thucydides and Plato. ↩
  3. 2Quotation unidentifiable. (Adler suggests one of her usual suspects, Aelian.) ↩

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Revision history3 revisions · last 22 May 2016
  1. coding — David Whitehead
  2. expanded n.1 — David Whitehead
  3. additions to notes; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — William Hutton

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