periodus
κρείσσων ἐναρχόμενος βοηθῶν καρδίᾳ τοῦ ἐπαγγελλομένου καὶ εἰς ἐλπίδα ἄγοντος· δένδρον γὰρ ζωῆς ἐπιθυμία ἀγαθή (Proverbs 13.12 LXX) → One who sincerely sets about helping is better than one who makes promises leading to hope; for a kindly urge is a tree of life.
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.
