πεντάχρονος. [262] 9. Consisting of five times. Lat. qui constat temporibus quinque. See s.v. χρόνοι p. [333] infra.
πεποιημένος. [78] 17, [252] 24. Invented, original, newly-coined. Lat. factus, novatus (Cic. de Orat. iii. 38. 154; i. 34. 155). Fr. forgé tout exprès. Cp. Aristot. Poet. xxi. 9; Demetr. p. 297; Quintil. viii. 6. 32 “vix illa, quae πεποιημένα vocant, quae ex vocibus in usum receptis quocunque modo declinantur, nobis permittimus, qualia sunt Sullaturit et proscripturit.”
περιβόητος. [180] 7. Notorious, celebrated. Lat. decantatus, celebratus.
περίοδος. [72] 7, 10, [104] 10, [116] 2, etc. Period. Lat. periodus, comprehensio, verborum ambitus, etc. See Demetr. p. 298 for various references and equivalents, and also p. 323 (Index); Sandys’ Orator p. 217; Laurand’s Études pp. 126, 128.—According to Dionysius, the period should not be used to excess [see n. on [118] 15]. Another weakness of the periodic construction is elsewhere noted by him: τοῦτο δὲ [sc. τὸ παθητικὸν] ἥκιστα δέχεται περίοδος (de Isocr. c. 2).
περισπασμός. [128] 10. The circumflex accent. Lat. circumflexio, accentus circumflexus. Cp. περισπωμένας [126] 11: ‘drawn around,’ ‘twisted,’ ‘circumflexed.’ Aristotle denotes the circumflex accent by the term ‘middle’: ἔστιν δὲ αὐτὴ μὲν ἐν τῇ φωνῇ, πῶς αὐτῇ δεῖ χρῆσθαι πρὸς ἕκαστον πάθος, οἷον πότε μεγάλῃ καὶ πότε μικρᾷ καὶ μέσῃ, καὶ πῶς τοῖς τόνοις, οἷον ὀξείᾳ καὶ βαρείᾳ καὶ μέσῃ, καὶ ῥυθμοῖς τίσι πρὸς ἕκαστα (Aristot. Rhet. iii. 1. 4).
περιστέλλειν. [142] 16. To contract, to pucker up. Lat. contrahere.
περιττός. [74] 13, [84] 8, [182] 4, 7. Extraordinary, richly wrought; exceedingly good, unsurpassed. Lat. excellens, curiosus, elaboratus. Cp. Long. de Subl. xl. 2 (where the word is opposed to κοινὸς καὶ δημώδης), iii. 4, xxxv. 3. See also de Isocr. c. 3, de Demosth. cc. 8, 56, Ep. ad Pomp. c. 2 (περιττολογία): also Demetr. p. 298 (περισσοτεχνία).
περιφανής. [244] 18. Seen on every side. Lat. conspicuus. So περιφάνεια [210] 17, [234] 2 (‘so that each word should admit an all-round view of it’).—PMV give περιφανές (not περιφερές) in [246] 3.
περιφερής. [206] 15, [230] 31, [246] 3. Circular, rounded. Lat. rotundus. Cp. [Dionys. Hal.] Ars Rhet. x. 13 τὰ στρογγύλα καὶ τὰ περιφερῆ λέγειν προοίμια. In Demetr. de Eloc. § 13 περιφερεῖς στέγαι = vaulted roofs.