περίπλους
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From περί (perí) + πλοῦς (ploûs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pe.rí.pluːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /peˈri.plus/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /peˈri.plus/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /peˈri.plus/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /peˈri.plus/
Proper noun
περῐ́πλους • (perĭ́plous) m (genitive περῐ́πλου); second declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ περίπλους ho períplous |
τὼ περίπλω tṑ períplō |
οἱ περίπλοι hoi períploi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ περίπλου toû períplou |
τοῖν περίπλοιν toîn períploin |
τῶν περίπλων tôn períplōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ περίπλῳ tōî períplōi |
τοῖν περίπλοιν toîn períploin |
τοῖς περίπλοις toîs períplois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν περίπλουν tòn períploun |
τὼ περίπλω tṑ períplō |
τοὺς περίπλους toùs períplous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | περίπλου períplou |
περίπλω períplō |
περίπλοι períploi | ||||||||||
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Dual and vocatives are rare.
Descendants
Further reading
- “περίπλους”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- περίπλους in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- circumnavigation idem, page 132.
- sailing idem, page 731.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek περίπλους. Morphologically, from περι- (“round”) + πλους (“sailing”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peˈri.plus/
- Hyphenation: πε‧ρί‧πλους
Noun
περίπλους • (períplous) m (plural περίπλοι)
- periplus
- sailing round, circumnavigation
- an account or description of such a voyage
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | περίπλους (períplous) | περίπλοι (períploi) |
| genitive | περίπλου (períplou) | περίπλων (períplon) |
| accusative | περίπλου (períplou) | περίπλους (períplous) |
| vocative | — | — |
Plural and especially the genitive are rare.
Noun
περίπλους • (períplous) m
- accusative plural of περίπλους (períplous)
Related terms
- περιπλέω (peripléo, “sail round, circumnavigate”)
- and see: πλέω (pléo, “sail; float”)