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Περσικός

persikos

Persian

Appears 8 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

Περσικός, ή, όν, A. Persian, ἡ Περσική (sc. χώρα) Persia, Hdt. 4.39, etc. Adv. -κῶς Ael. VH 12.1. 2. Περσικαί, αἱ, slippers, Ar. Nu. 151; τὼ Περσικά (dual) Id. Lys. 229. 3. ψιλὴ Π. Persian carpet, Callix. 2. 4. Περσικός, ὁ, or Περσικόν, τό, peach, v. μηλέα, μῆλον (B):—also περσική, ἡ, peach-tree, Gal. 12.76 (but = ἑλένιον, Dsc. 1.28); Π. καρύα, ἡ, the Persian nut, walnut, IG 22.1013.18, Thphr. HP 3.6.2. 5. Π. ὄρνις the common cock, Ar. Av. 485, 707; ὁ Π. alone, Cratin. 259. 6. Περσικόν, τό, a Persian dance, Ar. Th. 1175; τὸ Π. ὠρχεῖτο X. An. 6.1.10. 7. τὰ Π. the Persian war, Pl. Lg. 642d, etc. (earlier called τὰ Μηδικά); but ὁ Π. πόλεμος the war with Perseus, Plb. 3.3.8. 8. oriental, gorgeous, στολαί Men. 24, cf. Hipparch.Com. 1.5.
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