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περιεργάζομαι
περιεργάζομαι fut. -εργάσομαι perf. -είργασμαι Dep.: to take more pains than enough about a thing, to waste oneʼs labour on it, with a part., Σωκράτης περιεργάζεται ζητῶν Plat.; περιείργασμαι περὶ τούτων εἰπών Dem.:—c. dat. modi, τῷ θυλάκῳ περιειργάσθαι that they had overdone it with their "sack" (i. e. need not have used the word), Hdt.:—perf. in pass. sense, οὐδὲ περιείργασται nor is there any superfluity, Luc. to be a busybody, meddle with other folkʼs affairs, Dem.

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to take more pains than enough about

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περιεργάζομαι
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περιεργαζομαι
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περιεργάζομαι fut. -εργάσομαι perf. -είργασμαι Dep.: to take more pains than enough about a thing, to waste oneʼs labour on it, with a part., Σωκράτης περιεργάζεται ζητῶν Plat.; περιείργασμαι περὶ τούτων εἰπών Dem.:—c. dat. modi, τῷ θυλάκῳ περιειργάσθαι that they had overdone it with their "sack" (i. e. need not have used the word), Hdt.:—perf. in pass. sense, οὐδὲ περιείργασται nor is there any superfluity, Luc. to be a busybody, meddle with other folkʼs affairs, Dem.
IDX:
25607
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n25636
Key:
perierga/zomai

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