Περιῆν

was prevailing

Translated by Catharine Roth30 May 2004Vetting: high4 revisions

8 words

[Meaning he/she/it] was conquering, was surviving, was existing.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Περιῆν· ἐνίκα, περιεγίνετο, ὑπῆρχεν.

Betacode

*perih=n: e)ni/ka, periegi/neto, u(ph=rxen.

Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius pi687 Theodoridis. The headword (which must be quoted from somewhere but is too commonplace to track down) is third person singular, imperfect, of peri/eimi (from ei)mi/ "I am"); cf. pi 1133, pi 1146, pi 1147.

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