περισκελής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A), ές, (σκέλλω) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">very hard</b>, σίδηρον ὀπτὸν ἐκ πυρὸς περισκελῆ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>475</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[obstinate]], [[stubborn]], φρένες <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Aj.</span> 649</span> ; ἦθος <span class="bibl">M.Ant.4.28</span> ; χαρακτήρ <span class="title">AP</span>9.578 (Leo Phil.) : Comp. -έστερος <span class="bibl">Simp. <span class="title">in Epict.</span>p.62</span> D. Adv. Comp. <b class="b3">-έστερον, φέρειν</b> to bear <b class="b2">more unflinchingly</b>, <span class="bibl">Men.6.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of medicines, [[harsh]], [[irritating]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Ulc.</span>1</span> ; <b class="b3">ἐλλέβοροι σκληροὶ καὶ π</b>. <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>9.10.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[excessive]], [[violent]], καύματα <span class="bibl">Philoch.171</span> ; <b class="b3">ἀὴρ π. ἐφ' ἑκάτερα</b> [[excessive]] in heat or cold, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>5.14.9</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.3.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[hard]], [[difficult]], τὸ π. τῆς τοιαύτης γεωγραφίας <span class="bibl">Str.14.1.9</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>1.39</span> ; λοξῶν καὶ π. ὄντων τῶν χρησμῶν <span class="bibl">Corn.<span class="title">ND</span>32</span> ; <b class="b3">πρᾶγμα φύσει π</b>. <span class="bibl">Theon <span class="title">Prog.</span>4</span>.</span><br /><span class="bld">περισκελ-ής</span>(B), ές, (σκέλος) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">round the leg</b> : hence <b class="b3">περισκελῆ, τά</b>, [[drawers]], <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Ex.</span>28.38(42)</span>, <span class="bibl">Ph.2.157</span> : sg., περισκελὲς λινοῦν <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Le.</span> 16.4</span> ; cf. [[περισκέλια]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">with the legs apart</b>, <b class="b3">ἄγαλμα π</b>., such as Daedalus first made, Sch.<span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Euthphr.</span>11b</span>.</span>

|etymtx=1.<br />Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">very rough, very hard, inflexible</b> (S., Hp., Thphr.; on the meaning in S. cf. Grose ClassRev. 32, 168f.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">περισκέλ-εια</b>, <b class="b3">-ία</b> f. [[harshness]], [[roughness]] (Arist., Porph.), <b class="b3">-ασία</b> f. <b class="b2">id.</b> (Orib.); lengthened after <b class="b3">θερμασία</b>, <b class="b3">φλεγμασία</b> a.o.<br />Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]<br />Etymology: Prob. prop. as [[allround]], i.e. <b class="b2">completely dried</b> (cf. [[σκληρός]]) from <b class="b3">*σκέλος</b> [[barrenness]], which is also supposed in [[ἀσκελής]] (s. v.); s. <b class="b3">σκέλλω</b>.<br />2.<br />Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: 1. <b class="b2">going around the legs</b> in <b class="b3">τὰ περισκελῆ</b> [[trousers]], sg. <b class="b3">τὸ -ές</b> (LXX). --. 2. <b class="b2">with the legs around</b>, d.h. [[with the legs put apart]] (sch.).<br />Derivatives: From 1. <b class="b3">περισκελίς</b> f. <b class="b2">leg-band, -ring</b> (hell.) with <b class="b3">-ίδιον</b> (Delos IIa).<br />Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]<br />Etymology: From [[σκέλος]], s.v.