περισκελής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A), ές, (σκέλλω) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[very hard]], σίδηρον ὀπτὸν ἐκ πυρὸς περισκελῆ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>475</span>. </span><span class="sense"><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 [[more unflinchingly]], <span class="bibl">Men.6.3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><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"><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"><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"><span class="bld">A</span> [[round the leg]] : hence [[περισκελῆ]], [[τά]], [[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"><span class="bld">II</span> [[with the legs apart]], <b class="b3">ἄγαλμα π</b>., such as Daedalus first made, Sch.<span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Euthphr.</span>11b</span>.</span>

|ftr='''περισκελής''': 1.<br />{periskelḗs}<br />'''Meaning''': [[sehr spröde]], [[sehr hart]], [[unbiegsam]] (S., Hp., Thphr. usw.; zur Bed. bei S. vgl. Grose ClassRev. 32, 168f.).<br />'''Derivative''': Davon [[περισκέλεια]], -ία f. [[Härte]], [[Sprödigkeit]] (Arist., Porph. u.a.), -ασία f. ib. (Orib.); nach [[θερμασία]], [[φλεγμασία]] u.a. erweitert.<br />'''Etymology''' : Wohl eig. als [[ringsum]], d.h. [[völlig getrocknet]] (vgl. [[σκληρός]]) von *[[σκέλος]] [[Dürre]], das auch in [[ἀσκελής]] (s. d.) vermutet wird; s. [[σκέλλω]].<br />'''Page''' 2,514<br />2.<br />{periskelḗs}<br />'''Meaning''': 1. [[um die Schenkel gehend]] in τὰ περισκελῆ [[Beinkleider]], sg. τὸ -ές (LXX). Davon [[περισκελίς]] f. ‘Fuß-spange, -ring’ (hell. u. sp.) mit -ίδιον (Delos II^a). —. 2. [[mit den Schenkeln ringsherum]], d.h. [[mit auseinandergestellten Beinen]] (Sch.).<br />'''See also''': — S. [[σκέλος]].<br />'''Page''' 2,514