περιφραδής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

περι- (peri-) +‎ φραδής (phradḗs, “understanding, wise, shrewd”), from the root of φράζω (phrázō)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pe.ri.pʰra.dɛ̌ːs/ → /pe.ri.ɸraˈðis/ → /pe.ri.fraˈðis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pe.ri.pʰra.dɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pe.ri.pʰraˈde̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pe.ri.ɸraˈðis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pe.ri.fraˈðis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pe.ri.fraˈðis/

Adjective

περῐφρᾰδής • (perĭphrădḗs) m or f (neuter περῐφρᾰδές); third declension

1. (chiefly Epic) very thoughtful, very careful

Declension

Third declension of περῐφρᾰδής; περῐφρᾰδές (uncontracted, Epic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		περῐφρᾰδής perĭphrădḗs	περῐφρᾰδές perĭphrădés		περῐφρᾰδεῖ / περῐφρᾰδέε perĭphrădeî / perĭphrădée	περῐφρᾰδεῖ / περῐφρᾰδέε perĭphrădeî / perĭphrădée		περῐφρᾰδεῖς / περῐφρᾰδέες perĭphrădeîs / perĭphrădées	περῐφρᾰδέᾰ perĭphrădéă
Genitive		περῐφρᾰδέος / περῐφρᾰδεῦς perĭphrădéos / perĭphrădeûs	περῐφρᾰδέος / περῐφρᾰδεῦς perĭphrădéos / perĭphrădeûs		περῐφρᾰδοῖν perĭphrădoîn	περῐφρᾰδοῖν perĭphrădoîn		περῐφρᾰδέων perĭphrădéōn	περῐφρᾰδέων perĭphrădéōn
Dative		περῐφρᾰδεῖ / περῐφρᾰδέῐ̈ perĭphrădeî / perĭphrădéĭ̈	περῐφρᾰδεῖ / περῐφρᾰδέῐ̈ perĭphrădeî / perĭphrădéĭ̈		περῐφρᾰδοῖν perĭphrădoîn	περῐφρᾰδοῖν perĭphrădoîn		περῐφρᾰδέσῐ / περῐφρᾰδέσῐν perĭphrădésĭ(n)	περῐφρᾰδέσῐ / περῐφρᾰδέσῐν perĭphrădésĭ(n)
Accusative		περῐφρᾰδέᾰ perĭphrădéă	περῐφρᾰδές perĭphrădés		περῐφρᾰδεῖ / περῐφρᾰδέε perĭphrădeî / perĭphrădée	περῐφρᾰδεῖ / περῐφρᾰδέε perĭphrădeî / perĭphrădée		περῐφρᾰδέᾰς perĭphrădéăs	περῐφρᾰδέᾰ perĭphrădéă
Vocative		περῐφρᾰδές perĭphrădés	περῐφρᾰδές perĭphrădés		περῐφρᾰδεῖ / περῐφρᾰδέε perĭphrădeî / perĭphrădée	περῐφρᾰδεῖ / περῐφρᾰδέε perĭphrădeî / perĭphrădée		περῐφρᾰδεῖς / περῐφρᾰδέες perĭphrădeîs / perĭphrădées	περῐφρᾰδέᾰ perĭphrădéă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		περῐφρᾰδέως perĭphrădéōs			περῐφρᾰδέστερος perĭphrădésteros			περῐφρᾰδέστᾰτος perĭphrădéstătos
Notes:		Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• περιφραδής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “περιφραδής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press