περόνη
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From πείρω (peírō, “to pierce, run through”), formed with the pattern of ᾰ̓κόνη (akónē, “whetstone, hone”), βελόνη (belónē, “needle”).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pe.ró.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /peˈro.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /peˈro.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /peˈro.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /peˈro.ni/
Noun edit
περόνη • (perónē) f (genitive περόνης); first declension
- pin or tongue of a buckle or brooch
- (anatomy) radius; (more frequently) fibula, calf bone
- (zootomy) ligament below the knee of a horse
- outgrowth, excrescence, epiphysis
- (zootomy, in the plural) splint bones
- A kind of fish.
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ περόνη hē perónē |
τὼ περόνᾱ tṑ perónā |
αἱ περόναι hai perónai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς περόνης tês perónēs |
τοῖν περόναιν toîn perónain |
τῶν περονῶν tôn peronôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ περόνῃ têi perónēi |
τοῖν περόναιν toîn perónain |
ταῖς περόναις taîs perónais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν περόνην tḕn perónēn |
τὼ περόνᾱ tṑ perónā |
τᾱ̀ς περόνᾱς tā̀s perónās | ||||||||||
Vocative | περόνη perónē |
περόνᾱ perónā |
περόναι perónai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
- περονάω (peronáō)
- περόνημᾰ, περόνᾱμᾰ (perónēma, perónāma)
- περονητήρ (peronētḗr)
- περονητρῐ́ς (peronētrís)
- περονητῐ́ς (peronētís)
- περονῐ́δῐον (peronídion)
- περόνῐον (perónion)
- περονῐ́ς (peronís)
Descendants edit
Descendants of περόνη in other languages
Further reading edit
- “περόνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “περόνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “περόνη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- περόνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- περόνη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Greek edit
Etymology edit
Probably a borrowing from Ancient Greek περόνη (perónē). Cf. the inherited diminutive πιρούνι (piroúni).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
περόνη • (peróni) f (plural περόνες)
- (anatomy) fibula (a bone in the leg)
- pin (used for fastening cloth etc)
- (engineering) pin (used in mechanisms)
- Τράβηξε την περόνη της χειροβομβίδας και την πέταξε.
- Trávixe tin peróni tis cheirovomvídas kai tin pétaxe.
- He pulled the grenade's pin and threw it.