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περιπέτεια
adventure /peri'petia/
nounB1#1585 most common
Also: ordeal, mishap, (literary) peripeteia, sudden reversal of fortune
Example sentences
Η ζωή του είναι μια περιπέτεια.
His life is an adventure.
Θέλω να ζήσω μια περιπέτεια στα βουνά.
I want to have an adventure in the mountains.
Το παιδί αγαπάει τα βιβλία με περιπέτειες.
The child loves adventure books.
Μετά το ατύχημα, το ταξίδι μας έγινε μια πραγματική περιπέτεια.
After the accident, our trip turned into a real ordeal.
Η ταινία αφηγείται τις περιπέτειες ενός ναύτη στον Ειρηνικό.
The film tells the adventures of a sailor in the Pacific.
Στην αριστοτελική θεωρία, η περιπέτεια είναι η ξαφνική μεταστροφή της τύχης του ήρωα.
In Aristotelian theory, the peripeteia is the sudden reversal of the hero's fortune.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | η περιπέτεια | οι περιπέτειες |
| Genitive | της περιπέτειας | των περιπετειών |
| Accusative | την περιπέτεια | τις περιπέτειες |
| Vocative | περιπέτεια | περιπέτειες |
Word family
περιπίπτωto fall into, to encounter (formal)
περιπετειώδηςeventful, full of ups and downs
περιπετειοκυνηγόςadventure-seeker, thrill-chaser
Etymology
The word comes from ancient Greek περιπέτεια, a noun built on the verb περιπίπτω, "to fall around, to fall in with, to encounter." Aristotle used it in the Poetics for the sudden reversal of fortune in a tragedy's plot, and English later borrowed it whole as the literary term "peripeteia." In everyday Modern Greek the sense broadened from a plot twist to any adventure or unexpected ordeal.
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