periodus
ἠργάζετο τῷ σώματι μισθαρνοῦσα τοῖς βουλομένοις αὐτῇ πλησιάζειν → she lived as a prostitute letting out her person for hire to those who wished to enjoy her, she worked with her body by hiring herself out to anyone who wanted to have sex with her
Latin > English
periodus periodi N M :: sentence, period
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
pĕrĭŏdus: (pĕrĭhŏdus, Fest. p. 217 Müll.), i, f., = περίοδος.
I A complete sentence, a period: in toto circuitu illo orationis, quem Graeci περίοδον, nos tum ambitum, tum circuitum, tum comprehensionem, aut continuationem, aut circumscriptionem dicimus, Cic. Or. 61, 204; cf. id. Brut. 8, 34; 44, 162; Quint. 9, 4, 14; Plin. Ep. 5, 20, 4.—
II The circuit of the four Grecian games (the Pythian, Isthmian, Nemean, and Olympian): in gymnicis certaminibus periodon vicisse dicitur, qui Pythia, Isthmia, Nemea, Olympia vicit, a circumitu eorum spectaculorum, Fest. p. 217 Müll.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
pĕrĭŏdus¹⁶ ī, f. (περίοδος), période [t. de rhét.] : [en grec d. Cic. Or. 204 ] Quint. 9, 4, 14 ; Plin. Min. Ep. 5, 20, 4.
Latin > German (Georges)
periodus, ī, f. (περίοδος), der Gliedersatz, die Periode, Quint. 9, 4, 14 u. 134. Plin. ep. 5, 20, 4 (von Cic. durch ambitus verborum, comprehensio et ambitus verborum, circuitus u.a. übersetzt, s. Cic. or. 204; Brut. 162; vgl. Quint. 9, 4, 22). – Griech. Form periodos, Quint. 9, 4, 128; in der Tmesis, circuitus, peri, quam dicunt, odos, Carm. de fig. 10. p. 63 H. = Anthol. Lat. 485, 10.
