- περίεργος
- περίεργος, ον (s. prec. entry; Lysias et al.; Menand., Epitr. 262 S. [86 Kö.]; Philo, Joseph.)① pert. to paying attention to matters that do not concern one, of persons, meddlesome, officious, curious, subst. a busybody (X., Mem. 1, 3, 1; Epict. 3, 1, 21; Herodian 4, 12, 3; POsl 49, 7 [c. 100 A.D.]; TestIss 3:3; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 16; Just., A II, 10, 4) 1 Ti 5:13 (w. φλύαρος). περίεργος εἶ περὶ τοιούτων πραγμάτων you are inquisitive about such things Hv 4, 3, 1.② pert. to undue or misdirected curiosity (Ath. 17, 4 π. τέχνη ‘excessive, superfluous’; cp. 36, 2), as in the practice of magic, belonging to magic (cp. Plut., Alex. 665 [2, 5]; Vett. Val. index; Aristaen., Ep. 2, 18, 2; Dssm., B p. 5, 5 [BS 323, 5]; περιεργάζεσθαι in this sense: PGM 12, 404. Cp. our coll. ‘fool around with’) τὰ περίεργα πράσσειν practice magic Ac 19:19.—HMette, Curiositas: BSnell Festschr. ’66, 227–35. DELG s.v. ἔργον. M-M. Sv.
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