περιφραδέως

Ancient Greek

Etymology

περιφραδής (periphradḗs) +‎ -ως (-ōs)

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pe.ri.pʰra.dé.ɔːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pe.ri.pʰraˈde.os/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pe.ri.ɸraˈðe.os/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pe.ri.fraˈðe.os/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pe.ri.fraˈðe.os/

Adverb

περῐφρᾰδέως • (perĭphrădéōs)

(Epic) carefully

Usage notes

In Homer, this adverb only ever modifies the verb ὀπτάω (optáō, “to roast”).

Further reading

“περιφραδέως”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
περιφραδέως in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963