περιστέριον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From περιστερά (peristerá, “pigeon, dove”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pe.ris.té.ri.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pe.risˈte.ri.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pe.risˈte.ri.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pe.risˈte.ri.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pe.risˈte.ri.on/
Noun
περῐστέρῐον • (peristérion) n (genitive περῐστερῐ́ου); second declension
- vervain (Verbena officinalis)
- Synonym: ἱεροβοτᾰ́νη (hierobotánē)
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ περῐστέρῐον; τοῦ περῐστερῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ περῐστέρῐον tò peristérion | τὼ περῐστερῐ́ω tṑ peristeríō | τᾰ̀ περῐστέρῐᾰ tà peristéria | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ περῐστερῐ́ου toû peristeríou | τοῖν περῐστερῐ́οιν toîn peristeríoin | τῶν περῐστερῐ́ων tôn peristeríōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ περῐστερῐ́ῳ tôi peristeríōi | τοῖν περῐστερῐ́οιν toîn peristeríoin | τοῖς περῐστερῐ́οις toîs peristeríois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ περῐστέρῐον tò peristérion | τὼ περῐστερῐ́ω tṑ peristeríō | τᾰ̀ περῐστέρῐᾰ tà peristéria | ||||||||||
Vocative | περῐστέρῐον peristérion | περῐστερῐ́ω peristeríō | περῐστέρῐᾰ peristéria | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → English: peristerion
Further reading
- “περιστέριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- περιστέριον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette