periodus
See also: periódus
Latin
Alternative forms
- perihodos, perihodus
Etymology
From Ancient Greek περίοδος (períodos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /peˈri.o.dus/, [pɛˈriɔd̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /peˈri.o.dus/, [peˈriːod̪us]
Noun
periodus f (genitive periodī); second declension
- a complete sentence; period
- the circuit of the four Grecian games
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | periodus | periodī |
| Genitive | periodī | periodōrum |
| Dative | periodō | periodīs |
| Accusative | periodum | periodōs |
| Ablative | periodō | periodīs |
| Vocative | periode | periodī |
Descendants
- → Catalan: període
- → Middle French: periode
- French: période
- → Turkish: periyot
- → Middle English: periode
- English: period
- French: période
- → Galician: período
- → German: Periodus, Periode
- → Irish: peiriad
- → Italian: periodo
- → Portuguese: período
- → Romanian: perioadă
- → Spanish: periodo
References
- “periodus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- periodus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- periodus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the period: ambitus, circuitus, comprehensio, continuatio (verborum, orationis), also simply periodus
- the period: ambitus, circuitus, comprehensio, continuatio (verborum, orationis), also simply periodus