Περιστένεται

is constricted

Translated by David Whitehead6 Aug 2010Vetting: high4 revisions

6 words

[Meaning he/she/it] is compressed, is narrowed.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Περιστένεται· περιτείνεται, στενοχωρεῖται.

Betacode

*periste/netai: peritei/netai, stenoxwrei=tai.

Notes

Likewise or similarly in other lexica. The headword occurs in a simile in Homer, Iliad 16.163 (of the stomach of wolves: web address 1); cf. the scholia there.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

π1300Περίστενοςconstricted, narrow; PeristenosThis is what a serpent is called.

Neighbouring entries

π1297Περίστατοιsurrounded π1298ΠεριστέλλωI cloak, I cover, I protect, I wrap up π1299Περιστένεταιis constricted π1300Περίστενοςconstricted, narrow; Peristenos π1301Περιστερὰς βλέπειν τε προξενεῖ βλάβηνinterpretation of a dream

Revision history4 revisions · last 29 Sep 2013

29 Sep 2013Revised — David Whitehead
22 Sep 2013supplemented note — Catharine Roth
7 Aug 2010another keyword — David Whitehead
6 Aug 2010tweaked note, added link and keyword, set status — Catharine Roth
6 Aug 2010Translated — David Whitehead