περ enclit. Particle, adding force to the word to which it is added: when this is a Noun, the part. ὤν or ἐών is added, μινυνθάδιόν περ ἐόντα all shortlived as I am, Il.; ἀγαθός περ ἐών however brave he be, Lat. quamvis fortis, Il.; ἀλόχῳ περ ἐούσῃ though she be my wife, Il.; the part. ὤν is often omitted, φράδμων περ ἀνήρ however shrewd, Il.; κρατερός περ, θεοί περ Hom.; also subjoined to other participles, ἱεμένων περ however eager, Il.; ἀχνύμενός περ grieved though he be, etc. sometimes it simply adds force, ἐλεεινότερός περ more pitiable by far, Il.; μίνυνθά περ for a very little, ὀλίγον περ Il.:—also to strengthen a negation, οὐδέ περ no, not even, not at all, οὐδʼ ὑμῖν ποταμός περ ἐΰρροος ἀρκέσει Il. to call attention to one or more things of a number, however, at any rate, τιμήν πέρ μοι ὄφελλεν ἐγγυαλίξαι honour however (whatever else) he owed me, Il.; τόδε πέρ μοι ἐπικρήηνον ἐέλδωρ this vow at all events, Il. added to various Conjunctions and Relative words, with which it may form one word: after hypothetical Conjs., v. εἴπερ. after temporal Conjs., ὅτε περ just when, Il.; ὅταν περ Soph. after Causal Conjs., v. ἐπείπερ, ἐπειδήπερ. after Relatives, v. ὅσπερ, οἷός περ, ὥσπερ. after καί, v. καίπερ.