περιεργία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[futility]], [[needless questioning]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sis.</span>387d</span>; [[curiosity]], Plu.2.516a. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[over-elaboration]], Men.Rh.p.342 S.; <b class="b3">πεμμάτων περιεργίαι</b> [[curiosities]] of cakes, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Nigr.</span>33</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[useless learning]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Decent.</span>1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">intermeddling with other folk's affairs, officiousness</b>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Char.</span>13</span>, Luc.<span class="title">VH</span>1.5, <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Or.</span>2.53</span>; ὑπὸ περιεργίας Luc. D Deor.7.4. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> [[jugglery]], <span class="bibl">Simp. <span class="title">in Cael.</span>536.1</span>.</span>