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|Definition=ον, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[taking needless trouble]], <span class="bibl">Lys.12.35</span>; γραμματικῶν περίεργα γένη <span class="title">AP</span>11.322 (Antiphan.). Adv. [[περιέργως]] <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Decent.</span>7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[officious]], [[meddlesome]], <span class="bibl">Isoc.5.98</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.3.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Sam.</span>85</span>; <b class="b3">περίεργος εἰμι</b> I am a [[busybody]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Epit.</span>45</span>; <b class="b3">περίεργα βλέπειν</b> [[look]] [[curiously]] at, c. acc., <span class="title">AP</span> 12.175 (Strat.), cf. <span class="bibl">Hdn.5.3.8</span> (Comp.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[of an inquiring mind]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Resp.</span>480b27</span>; [[inquisitive]], [[curious]], <span class="bibl">Hdn.4.12.3</span> (Sup.); περίεργα παιδία Gal.6.635; <b class="b3">τὸ περίεργον</b> <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Alex.</span>4</span>. Adv. [[περιέργως]], ἔχειν <span class="bibl">Astramps.<span class="title">Orac.</span>p.1</span> H.: Comp. περιεργότερον, ἔχειν πρός τινα <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>4.130d</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Pass., [[overwrought]], [[elaborate]], [[ὀδμή]] ([[perfume]]) <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Praec.</span>10</span>; φορήματα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 321</span>; [[ζωγράφημα]] Plu.2.64a; <b class="b3">τὸ τῆς κόμης περίεργον</b> <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Nigr.</span>13</span>; especially of language or style, [[ὀνόματα]], [[λόγοι]], <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.229</span>, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Lys.</span>14</span>; τὸ περίεργον Θουκυδίδου <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Vett.Cens.</span>3.2</span>: Comp., περιεργοτέρα [[λέξις]] <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Is.</span>3</span>. Adv. [[περιέργως]] Antyll. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.9.14.7</span>: Comp. περιεργότερον, ἠσκημένος τὴν κόμην <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Epict.</span>3.1.1</span>; ἐξορχεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Hdn.5.5.3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[superfluous]], περίεργα καὶ μακρὰ λέγειν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>286c</span>; <b class="b3">ὅπως εἴ τις περίεργος ἀφαιρεθῇ</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[δαπάνη]]) = if any is [[superfluous]], it may be [[remove]]d <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Rh.</span>1359b27</span>; π. ἐστί τι <span class="bibl">And.3.33</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Is.1.31</span>; π. [ἐστι] τὸ [[λέγειν]] <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1315a40</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Rh.</span>1369a8</span>; [[futile]], [[useless]], πόλεμος <span class="bibl">Isoc.15.117</span>. Adv. [[περιέργως]] <span class="bibl">Timocl.13.4</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[curious]], [[superstitious]], [[ἱερουργία]]ι <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Alex.</span>2</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ περίεργα</b> [[curious arts]], [[magic]], Act.Ap.19.19.</span>