περίστυλον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From περι- (peri-, “around”) +‎ στῦλος (stûlos, “pillar”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pe.rís.tyː.lon/ → /peˈris.ty.lon/ → /peˈris.ti.lon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pe.rís.tyː.lon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /peˈris.ty.lon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /peˈris.ty.lon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /peˈris.ty.lon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /peˈris.ti.lon/

Noun

περίστῡλον • (perístūlon) n (genitive περίστῡλου); second declension

1. peristyle

Declension

Second declension of τὸ περίστῡλον; τοῦ περιστῡ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ περίστῡλον tò perístūlon	τὼ περιστῡ́λω tṑ peristū́lō	τᾰ̀ περίστῡλᾰ tà perístūla
Genitive	τοῦ περιστῡ́λου toû peristū́lou	τοῖν περιστῡ́λοιν toîn peristū́loin	τῶν περιστῡ́λων tôn peristū́lōn
Dative	τῷ περιστῡ́λῳ tôi peristū́lōi	τοῖν περιστῡ́λοιν toîn peristū́loin	τοῖς περιστῡ́λοις toîs peristū́lois
Accusative	τὸ περίστῡλον tò perístūlon	τὼ περιστῡ́λω tṑ peristū́lō	τᾰ̀ περίστῡλᾰ tà perístūla
Vocative	περίστῡλον perístūlon	περιστῡ́λω peristū́lō	περίστῡλᾰ perístūla
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: περιστύλιο (peristýlio)
• → Latin: peristȳlum
  • → Catalan: peristil
  • → French: péristyle
    • Haitian Creole: peristil
    • → English: peristyle
  • → German: Peristyl

Further reading

• “περίστυλον”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011