peristylum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin peristylum.

Noun

peristylum

1. (in ancient Roman contexts) A peristyle.

   Synonym: peristylium

   • 1868, A Handbook for Travellers in Southern Italy, 6th edition, London: John Murray, page 263, column 2:

     A particularity in this house is the irregular form of the peristylum, and that from each of the columns that surround it projects a small bronze water-pipe, forming with the fountain and small waterfall a handsome system of artificial waterworks.

   • 1903, Warwick Deeping, Uther and Igraine, New York, N.Y.: The Outlook Company, page 14:

     The women gathered together about the little font in the centre of the peristylum, and debated together in low tones.

   • 2009, Michelle Moran, Cleopatra's Daughter, London: Quercus, →ISBN, page 74:

     We crossed the atrium and reached another open-air space, the peristylum, where bronze sculptures peered from the shadows.

   • 2013, Joan Wolf, Daughter of Jerusalem, Brentwood, T.N.: Worthy Publishing, →ISBN, page 74:

     The porter must have seen me gawking, for he said pleasantly, "This is the atrium, the room Lady Julia uses for entertainment. The next room, the peristylum, is for the family."

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek περίστυλον (perístulon).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pe.risˈtyː.lum/, [pɛrɪs̠ˈt̪yːɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pe.risˈti.lum/, [perisˈt̪iːlum]

Noun

peristȳlum n (genitive peristȳlī); second declension

1. peristyle (inner courtyard surrounded by columns)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	peristȳlum	peristȳla
Genitive	peristȳlī	peristȳlōrum
Dative	peristȳlō	peristȳlīs
Accusative	peristȳlum	peristȳla
Ablative	peristȳlō	peristȳlīs
Vocative	peristȳlum	peristȳla

Related terms

• peristȳlium

Descendants

• → French: péristyle
  • → English: peristyle

References

• “peristylum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “peristylum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• peristylum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “peristylum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers