Πηλούσιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Egyptian pr-jmn (literally “house of Amun”), from pr (“house, temple”) + jmn (“Amun”). More at Pelusium.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pɛː.lǔː.si.on/ → /piˈlu.si.on/ → /piˈlu.si.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pɛː.lǔː.si.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pe̝ˈlu.si.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /piˈlu.si.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /piˈlu.si.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /piˈlu.si.on/

Proper noun

Πηλούσῐον • (Pēloúsion) n (genitive Πηλουσῐ́ου); second declension

1. Pelusium, Lower Egypt

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ Πηλούσῐον; τοῦ Πηλουσῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	τὸ Πηλούσῐον tò Pēloúsion
Genitive	τοῦ Πηλουσῐ́ου toû Pēlousíou
Dative	τῷ Πηλουσῐ́ῳ tôi Pēlousíōi
Accusative	τὸ Πηλούσῐον tò Pēloúsion
Vocative	Πηλούσῐον Pēloúsion
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Πηλουσῐᾰκός (Pēlousiakós)

Descendants

• → French: Péluse
• Greek: Πηλούσιο (Piloúsio)
• → Latin: Pēlūsium
  • → English: Pelusium

References

• “Πηλούσιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,021
• Donne, William Bodham (1857). "Pelusium". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. 2. London: John Murray. pp. 572–573.