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Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

Plutarch, Advice about Keeping Well, section 24
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|Transliteration C=peritorneyo
|Transliteration C=peritorneyo
|Beta Code=peritorneu/w
|Beta Code=peritorneu/w
|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[turn as in a lathe]], <b class="b3">περὶ… τὸν ἐγκέφαλον… σφαῖραν περιετόρνευσεν ὀστεΐνην</b> <b class="b2">he framed</b> a globe round it, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>73e</span>; <b class="b3">θνητὸν σῶμα [τῇ ψυχῇ] π</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">69c</span> : metaph. in Pass., <b class="b2">to be well-turned</b>, of style, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Dem.</span>21</span>.</span>
|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[turn as in a lathe]], <b class="b3">περὶ… τὸν ἐγκέφαλον… σφαῖραν περιετόρνευσεν ὀστεΐνην</b> [[he framed]] a globe round it, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>73e</span>; <b class="b3">θνητὸν σῶμα [τῇ ψυχῇ] π</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">69c</span> : metaph. in Pass., <b class="b2">to be well-turned</b>, of style, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Dem.</span>21</span>.</span>
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English (LSJ)

   A turn as in a lathe, περὶ… τὸν ἐγκέφαλον… σφαῖραν περιετόρνευσεν ὀστεΐνην he framed a globe round it, Pl.Ti.73e; θνητὸν σῶμα [τῇ ψυχῇ] π. ib.69c : metaph. in Pass., to be well-turned, of style, D.H.Dem.21.

German (Pape)

[Seite 597] ringsum runden, rund drechseln, Plat. Tim. 69 c, vgl. 73 e.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

περιτορνεύω: περί... τὸν ἐγκέφαλον… σφαῖραν περιετόρνευσεν ὀστεΐνην, ἐσχημάτισεν ὡς διὰ τόρνου σφαῖραν ὀστεΐνην πέριξ αὐτοῦ, Πλάτ. Τίμ. 73Ε, πρβλ. 69C.

Greek Monolingual

και περιτορεύω ΝΑ
1. τορνεύω κάτι γύρω γύρω, καθιστώ κάτι στρογγυλό χρησιμοποιώντας τον τόρνο
2. φιλοτεχνώ, κατασκευάζω προσεκτικά γύρω από κάτι («θνητὸν σῶμα αὐτῇ περιετόρνευσαν», Πλάτ.)
3. καθιστώ περίτεχνο κάτι
4. (η μτχ. παρακμ. ως επίθ.) περιτετορευμένος, -η, -ο
περίκομψος, περίτεχνος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < περι- + τορ(ν)εύω (< τόρνος)].

Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)

περι-τορνεύω rondom... draaien:. περὶ... τὸν ἐγκέφαλον... σφαῖραν περιετόρνευσεν ὀστεΐνην rond de hersenen fabriceerde hij een bol van bot Plat. Tim. 73e.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

περιτορνεύω: обтачивать, вытачивать (σφαῖραν ὀστεΐνην Plat.).