περίχριστος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From περι- (peri-, “around”) +‎ χρῑστός (khrīstós).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pe.rí.kʰriːs.tos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /peˈri.kʰris.tos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /peˈri.xris.tos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /peˈri.xris.tos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /peˈri.xris.tos/

Noun

περίχρῑστος • (períkhrīstos) m (genitive περιχρῑ́στου); second declension

(medicine) an ointment, salve, especially for external application
- Archig., ap. Orib..44.26.11:
  περίχριστοι
  períkhristoi
  ointments
- AD 40–90, Dioscorides, 1 77:
  συναγχικῶν περίχριστος
  sunankhikôn períkhristos
  ointment for angina
- 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, 2 102a:
  τῶν ἔξωθεν περιχρίστων ἐπιθέσεως
  tôn éxōthen perikhrístōn epithéseōs
  the application of external ointments

Declension

Second declension of ὁ περῐ́χρῑστος; τοῦ περῐχρῑ́στου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ περῐ́χρῑστος ho perĭ́khrīstos	τὼ περῐχρῑ́στω tṑ perĭkhrī́stō	οἱ περῐ́χρῑστοι hoi perĭ́khrīstoi
Genitive	τοῦ περῐχρῑ́στου toû perĭkhrī́stou	τοῖν περῐχρῑ́στοιν toîn perĭkhrī́stoin	τῶν περῐχρῑ́στων tôn perĭkhrī́stōn
Dative	τῷ περῐχρῑ́στῳ tōî perĭkhrī́stōi	τοῖν περῐχρῑ́στοιν toîn perĭkhrī́stoin	τοῖς περῐχρῑ́στοις toîs perĭkhrī́stois
Accusative	τὸν περῐ́χρῑστον tòn perĭ́khrīston	τὼ περῐχρῑ́στω tṑ perĭkhrī́stō	τοὺς περῐχρῑ́στους toùs perĭkhrī́stous
Vocative	περῐ́χρῑστε perĭ́khrīste	περῐχρῑ́στω perĭkhrī́stō	περῐ́χρῑστοι perĭ́khrīstoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Usage notes

Originally a verbal adjective from περιχρῑ́ω (perikhrī́ō), περίχρῑστος (períkhrīstos) is fully lexicalized in medical Greek as a noun meaning “ointment”. Other genders (feminine and neuter) are also attested in later medical sources.

Related terms

περιχρῑ́ω (perikhrī́ō)
περίχρῑσμα (períkhrīsma)