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περιεργ-ία , ,
A.futility, needless questioning, Pl.Sis.387d; curiosity, Plu.2.516a.
2. over-elaboration, Men.Rh.p.342 S.; πεμμάτων περιεργίαι curiosities of cakes, Luc.Nigr.33.
3. useless learning, Hp.Decent.1.
II. intermeddling with other folk's affairs, officiousness, Thphr.Char.13, Luc.VH1.5, Lib.Or.2.53; “ὑπὸ περιεργίαςLuc. D Deor.7.4.
III. jugglery, Simp. in Cael.536.1.
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