Περιχαρίαν

excessive joy

Translated by Catharine Roth13 Dec 2011Vetting: high4 revisions

3 words

[Meaning] immoderate joy.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Περιχαρίαν· περιττὴν χαράν.

Betacode

*perixari/an: peritth\n xara/n.

Same entry in Photius pi797 Theodoridis, and already in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon; cf. pi 1350. The noun comes from the adjective perixarh/s (at pi 1086 as a gloss). Here in the accusative singular, taken to be quoted from Plato, Laws 5.732C.

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