περίδρομος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From a suppletive root of περῐτρέχω (peritrékhō, “I run about”); see, for example, περῐδρᾰμεῖται (peridrameîtai).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pe.rí.dro.mos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /peˈri.dro.mos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /peˈri.ðro.mos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /peˈri.ðro.mos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /peˈri.ðro.mos/
Adjective
περῐ́δρομος • (perídromos) m or f (neuter περῐ́δρομον); second declension
- running round, encircling, round, circular
- wandering, going about, roaming
- (passive) that can be run round; hence, standing apart, detached
- surrounded
Declension
Second declension of περῐ́δρομος; περῐ́δρομον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | περῐ́δρομος perídromos | περῐ́δρομον perídromon | περῐδρόμω peridrómō | περῐδρόμω peridrómō | περῐ́δρομοι perídromoi | περῐ́δρομᾰ perídroma | ||||||||
Genitive | περῐδρόμου peridrómou | περῐδρόμου peridrómou | περῐδρόμοιν peridrómoin | περῐδρόμοιν peridrómoin | περῐδρόμων peridrómōn | περῐδρόμων peridrómōn | ||||||||
Dative | περῐδρόμῳ peridrómōi | περῐδρόμῳ peridrómōi | περῐδρόμοιν peridrómoin | περῐδρόμοιν peridrómoin | περῐδρόμοις peridrómois | περῐδρόμοις peridrómois | ||||||||
Accusative | περῐ́δρομον perídromon | περῐ́δρομον perídromon | περῐδρόμω peridrómō | περῐδρόμω peridrómō | περῐδρόμους peridrómous | περῐ́δρομᾰ perídroma | ||||||||
Vocative | περῐ́δρομε perídrome | περῐ́δρομον perídromon | περῐδρόμω peridrómō | περῐδρόμω peridrómō | περῐ́δρομοι perídromoi | περῐ́δρομᾰ perídroma | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
περῐδρόμως peridrómōs | περῐδρομώτερος peridromṓteros | περῐδρομώτᾰτος peridromṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Noun
περῐ́δρομος • (perídromos) m (genitive περῐδρόμου); second declension
- that which surrounds, edge, rim
- orbit, lap
- (at Mytilene, in the plural) circuit-judges
Declension
Second declension of ὁ περῐ́δρομος; τοῦ περῐδρόμου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ περῐ́δρομος ho perídromos | τὼ περῐδρόμω tṑ peridrómō | οἱ περῐ́δρομοι hoi perídromoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ περῐδρόμου toû peridrómou | τοῖν περῐδρόμοιν toîn peridrómoin | τῶν περῐδρόμων tôn peridrómōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ περῐδρόμῳ tôi peridrómōi | τοῖν περῐδρόμοιν toîn peridrómoin | τοῖς περῐδρόμοις toîs peridrómois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν περῐ́δρομον tòn perídromon | τὼ περῐδρόμω tṑ peridrómō | τοὺς περῐδρόμους toùs peridrómous | ||||||||||
Vocative | περῐ́δρομε perídrome | περῐδρόμω peridrómō | περῐ́δρομοι perídromoi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → English: peridromophile, peridromophily
Further reading
- “περίδρομος, ον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “περίδρομος, ὁ, Subst.”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “περίδρομος1”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “περίδρομος2”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “περίδρομος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- περίδρομος 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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- circuit idem, page 132.
- circumference idem, page 132.
- gallery idem, page 353.
- rim idem, page 715.
- rimmed idem, page 716.