περ enclitic [shorter form of περί.] 1 Intensive particle, very, even, indeed, just, or the like : ἀγαθός περ ἐών (you the great warrior, i.e. implying that he should be content with that) Il. 1.131, ὡς ἔσεταί περ 211, τιμήν πέρ μοι ὄφελλεν ἐγγυαλίξαι (honour, surely, he ought to have . . .) 353, οἴκαδέ περ νεώμεθα (let us not stop short of home) Il. 2.236, ἀλλά περ οἶος ἴτω (even if he come alone) Il. 12.349. Cf. Il. 1.260, 416, Il. 3.201, Il. 4.263, Il. 11.391, 789, Il. 13.72, Il. 14.295, Il. 15.604, etc. : σοί περ (thee whom it might be expected to touch) Od. 1.59, οὔ κε θανόντι περ ὧδʼ ἀκαχοίμην (if I had just his death to mourn) 236, κηδόμενοί περ (in our sore trouble) Od. 3.240. Cf. Od. 1.315, Od. 2.305, Od. 3.236, Od. 4.819, Od. 8.360, 547, Od. 13.294, etc. With εἰ, ἤν Il. 1.81, 580, Il. 2.123, Il. 19.32, Il. 22.487, etc.: Od. 1.167, 188, 204, Od. 2.246, Od. 8.355, etc. With relatives : ὅς περ, ὅ περ Il. 2.318, Il. 9.367, Il. 13.638, etc. : Od. 2.156, Od. 7.55, Od. 11.630, etc.– οἷός περ Il. 5.340, etc. : Od. 11.394, etc.– ὅθι περ Il. 2.861, etc. : Od. 4.627, etc.– ὅθεν περ Od. 3.321, Od. 21.142.– ἔνθα περ Il. 6.379, etc. : Od. 1.128, etc.– ἔνθεν περ Od. 21.243= 392. 2 With a sense of opposition, though, even though (gen. in ppl. construction) : ἀχνύμενός περ (however much . . .) Il. 1.241, μινυνθάδιόν περ ἐόντα (short-lived though I be) 352, σύ πέρ μιν τεῖσον (since Agamemnon will not) 508, ἀνάσχεο κηδομένη περ 586. Cf. Il. 1.546, Il. 2.246, Il. 3.159, Il. 5.94, Il. 9.301 (if not him), Il. 14.375, Il. 21.185, etc. : ἱέμενός περ Od. 1.6. Cf. Od. 1.288, 309, Od. 2.249, Od. 5.209, Od. 6.136, Od. 9.57, Od. 11.111, etc.– For καὶ . . . περ, καί περ see καί 6. With ἔμπης. See ἔμπης 4.
ποταμός -οῦ, ὁ. 1 A river Il. 2.861, Il. 5.87, Il. 6.508, Il. 12.18, Il. 15.691, etc. : Od. 4.477, Od. 5.441, Od. 6.59, Od. 7.281, Od. 10.351, etc. With the name of a particular river added, the river . . . : ποταμὸν κηφισόν Il. 2.522. Cf. Il. 2.659, Il. 5.544, Il. 11.499, etc. : Od. 14.258=Od. 17.427. Of ocean : ποταμοῖο ῥέεθρα Ὠκεανοῦ Il. 14.245. Cf. Il. 18.607, Il. 20.7 : Od. 11.639, Od. 12.1. 2 Personified, a river-god : ποταμοὶ καὶ γαῖα, ὑμεῖς μάρτυροι ἔστε Il. 3.278. Cf. Il. 5.544, Il. 20.7, Il. 21.136, etc. : Od. 11.238.