περίδρομος

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From a suppletive root of περῐτρέχω (peritrékhō, I run about); see, for example, περῐδρᾰμεῖται (peridrameîtai).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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περῐ́δρομος (perídromosm or f (neuter περῐ́δρομον); second declension

  1. running round, encircling, round, circular
    1. wandering, going about, roaming
  2. (passive voice) that can be run round; hence, standing apart, detached
    1. surrounded

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Noun

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περῐ́δρομος (perídromosm (genitive περῐδρόμου); second declension

  1. that which surrounds, edge, rim
  2. orbit, lap
  3. (at Mytilene, in the plural) circuit-judges

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Descendants

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  • English: peridromophile, peridromophily

Further reading

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Greek

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Etymology

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Either an ellipsis of περίδρομος δαίμων (perídromos daímon, demon that roams around), a supposed cause of gluttony, or borrowed from Ancient Greek περίδρομος (perídromos), referring to the drawstring on a bag of food.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /peˈɾi.ðɾo.mos/
  • Hyphenation: πε‧ρί‧δρο‧μος

Noun

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περίδρομος (perídromosm (plural περίδρομοι) (folksy)

  1. abdominal pain
  2. (chiefly in the phrase τρώω/κατεβάζω τον περίδρομο) too much food

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ περίδρομος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language