περίεργος
Ἀναξαγόρας δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Anaxagoras used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Anaxagoras said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep
English (LSJ)
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A taking needless trouble, Lys.12.35; γραμματικῶν π. γένη AP11.322 (Antiphan.). Adv.-γως Hp.Decent.7. 2 officious, meddlesome, Isoc.5.98, X.Mem.1.3.1, Men.Sam.85; π. εἰμι I am a busy-body, Id.Epit.45; περίεργα βλέπειν look curiously at, c. acc., AP 12.175 (Strat.), cf. Hdn.5.3.8 (Comp.). 3 of an inquiring mind, Arist.Resp.480b27; inquisitive, curious, Hdn.4.12.3 (Sup.); π. παιδία Gal.6.635; τὸ π. Luc.Alex.4. Adv.-γως, ἔχειν Astramps.Orac.p.1 H.: Comp. -ότερον, ἔχειν πρός τινα Jul.Or.4.130d. II Pass., overwrought, elaborate, ὀδμή (perfume) Hp.Praec.10; φορήματα Ar.Fr. 321; ζωγράφημα Plu.2.64a; τὸ τῆς κόμης π. Luc.Nigr.13; esp. of language or style, ὀνόματα, λόγοι, Aeschin.3.229, D.H.Lys.14; τὸ π. Θουκυδίδου Id.Vett.Cens.3.2 : Comp., -οτέρα λέξις Id.Is.3. Adv. -γως Antyll. ap. Orib.9.14.7 : Comp. -ότερον, ἠσκημένος τὴν κόμην Arr.Epict.3.1.1; ἐξορχεῖσθαι Hdn.5.5.3. 2 superfluous, π. καὶ μακρὰ λέγειν Pl.Plt.286c; ὅπως εἴ τις π. ἀφαιρεθῇ (sc. δαπάνη) Arist. Rh.1359b27; π. ἐστί τι And.3.33, cf. Is.1.31; π. [ἐστι] τὸ λέγειν Arist.Pol.1315a40, cf. Rh.1369a8; futile, useless, πόλεμος Isoc.15.117. Adv. -γως Timocl.13.4, etc. 3 curious, superstitious, ἱερουργίαι Plu.Alex.2; τὰ π. curious arts, magic, Act.Ap.19.19.
