περίστρωμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From περιστρώννυμι (peristrṓnnumi, “to spread all around”) + -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pe.rís.trɔː.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /peˈris.tro.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /peˈris.tro.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /peˈris.tro.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /peˈris.tro.ma/
Noun
περῐ́στρωμᾰ • (perístrōma) n (genitive περῐστρώμᾰτος); third declension
- covering of a bed, counterpane, coverlet
- (in the plural) carpets and hangings of rooms
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ περῐ́στρωμᾰ; τοῦ περῐστρώμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ περῐ́στρωμᾰ tò perístrōma | τὼ περῐστρώμᾰτε tṑ peristrṓmate | τᾰ̀ περῐστρώμᾰτᾰ tà peristrṓmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ περῐστρώμᾰτος toû peristrṓmatos | τοῖν περῐστρωμᾰ́τοιν toîn peristrōmátoin | τῶν περῐστρωμᾰ́των tôn peristrōmátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ περῐστρώμᾰτῐ tôi peristrṓmati | τοῖν περῐστρωμᾰ́τοιν toîn peristrōmátoin | τοῖς περῐστρώμᾰσῐ / περῐστρώμᾰσῐν toîs peristrṓmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ περῐ́στρωμᾰ tò perístrōma | τὼ περῐστρώμᾰτε tṑ peristrṓmate | τᾰ̀ περῐστρώμᾰτᾰ tà peristrṓmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | περῐ́στρωμᾰ perístrōma | περῐστρώμᾰτε peristrṓmate | περῐστρώμᾰτᾰ peristrṓmata | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: peristrōma
- → Sanskrit: परिस्तोम (paristoma)
Further reading
- “περίστρωμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- περίστρωμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette