περισωρεύω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From περί (perí, “around”) +‎ σωρεύω (sōreúō, “heap upon”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pe.ri.sɔː.rěu̯.ɔː/ → /pe.ri.soˈre.βo/ → /pe.ri.soˈre.vo/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pe.ri.sɔː.rěu̯.ɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pe.ri.soˈre.wo/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pe.ri.soˈre.βo/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pe.ri.soˈre.vo/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pe.ri.soˈre.vo/

Verb

περῐσωρεύω • (perisōreúō)

1. to heap all around
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Fragments 208
2. (passive voice) to be heaped up with
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Life of Timoleon 29

Further reading

• “περισωρεύω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• περισωρεύω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• περισωρεύω in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften