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I expected this to link with peripatetic, but though both start with the Greek peri: around, about - peripatetic follows on from pateo: walk, whereas the "pet" in peripeteia comes, as you say, from pipto: to fall. To walk around and to fall around. Thanks for peripeteia; a good one to know.
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Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted peripeteia wwh 08/20/02 12:47 AM Re: peripeteia dxb 08/20/02 09:21 AM peripatetica emanuela 08/24/02 08:42 AM
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