περιήγησις

Ancient Greek

From περι- (peri-) +‎ ἥγησις (hḗgēsis) and περιηγέομαι (periēgéomai) +‎ -σις (-sis).

περῐήγησῐς • (perĭḗgēsĭs) f (genitive περῐηγήσεως); third declension

outline, contour
leading round and explaining what is worth notice, full description (such as is given by tour guides)
- 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, The Inspectors 22
(geography) a geographical description, periegesis
- 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 9.2.6

Third declension of ἡ περῐήγησῐς; τῆς περῐηγήσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ περῐήγησῐς hē perĭḗgēsĭs	τὼ περῐηγήσει tṑ perĭēgḗsei	αἱ περῐηγήσεις hai perĭēgḗseis
Genitive	τῆς περῐηγήσεως tês perĭēgḗseōs	τοῖν περῐηγησέοιν toîn perĭēgēséoin	τῶν περῐηγήσεων tôn perĭēgḗseōn
Dative	τῇ περῐηγήσει tēî perĭēgḗsei	τοῖν περῐηγησέοιν toîn perĭēgēséoin	ταῖς περῐηγήσεσῐ / περῐηγήσεσῐν taîs perĭēgḗsesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν περῐήγησῐν tḕn perĭḗgēsĭn	τὼ περῐηγήσει tṑ perĭēgḗsei	τᾱ̀ς περῐηγήσεις tā̀s perĭēgḗseis
Vocative	περῐήγησῐ perĭḗgēsĭ	περῐηγήσει perĭēgḗsei	περῐηγήσεις perĭēgḗseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.