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περισκελής

περισκελής, dry and hard all round, exceeding hard

περισκελής2, round the leg

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περισκελὲς masculine vocative singular, feminine vocative singular, neuter nominative singular, neuter vocative singular, neuter accusative singular of περισκελής

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περισκελ-ής (A), ές, (σκέλλω)
  • very hard, σίδηρον ὀπτὸν ἐκ πυρὸς περισκελῆ S. Ant. 475.
    • II metaph., obstinate, stubborn, φρένες Id. Aj. 649; ἦθος M.Ant. 4.28; χαρακτήρ AP 9.578 (Leo Phil.): Comp. -έστερος Simp. in Epict. p.62 D. Adv. Comp. -έστερον, φέρειν to bear more unflinchingly, Men. 6.3.
      • 2 of medicines, harsh, irritating, Hp. Ulc. 1; ἐλλέβοροι σκληροὶ καὶ π. Thphr. HP 9.10.4.
      • 3 excessive, violent, καύματα Philoch. 171; ἀὴρ π. ἐφʼ ἑκάτερα excessive in heat or cold, Thphr. CP 5.14.9, cf. 2.3.3.
      • 4 hard, difficult, τὸ π. τῆς τοιαύτης γεωγραφίας Str. 14.1.9, cf. S.E. M. 1.39; λοξῶν καὶ π. ὄντων τῶν χρησμῶν Corn. ND 32; πρᾶγμα φύσει π. Theon Prog. 4.
περισκελ-ής (B), ές, (σκέλος)
  • round the leg: hence περισκελῆ, τά, drawers, LXX Ex. 28.38(42), Ph. 2.157: sg., περισκελὲς λινοῦν LXX Le. 16.4; cf. περισκέλια.
    • II with the legs apart, ἄγαλμα π., such as Daedalus first made, Sch. Pl. Euthphr. 11b.

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