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περίφρων

periphron

very thoughtful, very careful

Appears 56 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

περίφρων, ονος, ὁ, ἡ, voc. περίφρον Od. 16.435, etc., but=nom., 19.357, 21.381 : (φρήν):—A. very thoughtful, very careful, freq. in Od. of Penelope, 16.435,al.; of other women, 11.345,19.357, once in Il., 5.412, Theoc. 3.45; also of Hephaestus, first in Hes. Sc. 297, 313; τέκνα Id. Th. 894; artful, crafty, θήρη Opp. H. 3.205. II. haughty, overweening, A. Supp. 757 (lyr.); περίφρονα δʼ ἔλακες Id. Ag. 1426 (lyr.). 2. c. gen., despising, τῶν παθῶν LXX 4 Ma. 8.28.
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