ΠΕΡΙΡΡΥΕΙΗ, περιρρυειη
PERIRHRYEIĒ, perirhryeiē
Sounds Like: peh-reer-RYOO-ay-ee
Translations: flow around, flow about, flow over
From the root: ΠΕΡΙΡΡΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes something flowing around, about, or over an object or area. It is a compound verb formed from the preposition περί (peri, 'around') and the verb ῥέω (rheō, 'to flow'). It implies a surrounding or encompassing movement of liquid.
Inflection: Third Person Singular, Optative, Aorist, Active
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 3 — 7:158
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΕΡΙΡΡΕΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΕΡΙΡΡΕΙΝ — to flow around, to flow away, to fall off, to fall away, to drop off
- ΠΕΡΙΡΡΕΟΙ — may flow around, may flow about, may flow down, may flow away
- ΠΕΡΙΡΡΕΟΝΤΟΣ — of flowing around, of overflowing, of that which flows around, of that which overflows
- ΠΕΡΙΡΡΕΩ — flow around, flow about, flow down, wash around
- ΠΕΡΙΡΡΟΥΝ — flowing around, flowing about, surrounding, encircling, a flowing around, a surrounding
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