Περιπετεῖς

fallen upon

Translated by William Hutton17 Aug 2013Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 25 words
[Meaning they] falling upon. "Becoming fallen upon each other they were dying."1 And elsewhere: "they become fallen upon some deadly plant."2 Meaning falling upon unwillingly.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Περιπετεῖς· περιπίπτοντες. ἀλλήλοις περιπετεῖς γινόμενοι ἀπώλλυντο. καὶ αὖθις· περιπετεῖς γίνονται βοτάνῃ τινὶ θανασίμῳ. ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀκουσίως περιπίπτοντες.

Betacode
*peripetei=s: peripi/ptontes. a)llh/lois peripetei=s gino/menoi a)pw/llunto. kai\ au)=qis: peripetei=s gi/nontai bota/nh| tini\ qanasi/mw|. a)nti\ tou= a)kousi/ws peripi/ptontes.

Notes (2)

  1. The headword, nominative plural of this adjective, occurs in both of the quotations given.
    cf. generally pi 1243, pi 1244.
  2. 1Quotation unidentifiable. ↩
  3. 2Quotation unidentifiable. ↩

Linked from2 entries

Neighbouring entries

π1241Περιπετέςfallen-uponπ1242Περιπέτειαreversalπ1243Περιπετεῖςfallen uponπ1244Περιπετῆ γενέσθαιto become fallen amongπ1245Περιπέττουσιthey bake a crust around [something]
Revision history3 revisions · last 26 Sep 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. augmented notes; another keyword — David Whitehead
  3. tweak — Catharine Roth
  4. Translated — William Hutton

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