περικάρπιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From περῐ- (peri-, around) +‎ καρπός (karpós, “fruit”, diminutive suffix) +‎ -ιον (-ion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pe.ri.kár.pi.on/ → /pe.riˈkar.pi.on/ → /pe.riˈkar.pi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pe.ri.kár.pi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pe.riˈkar.pi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pe.riˈkar.pi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pe.riˈkar.pi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pe.riˈkar.pi.on/

Noun

περῐκᾰ́ρπῐον • (perikárpion) n (genitive περῐκᾰρπῐ́ου); second declension

1. (botany) case of fruit or seed, pod, husk or shell
2. bracelet

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ περῐκᾰ́ρπῐον; τοῦ περῐκᾰρπῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ περῐκᾰ́ρπῐον tò perikárpion	τὼ περῐκᾰρπῐ́ω tṑ perikarpíō	τᾰ̀ περῐκᾰ́ρπῐᾰ tà perikárpia
Genitive	τοῦ περῐκᾰρπῐ́ου toû perikarpíou	τοῖν περῐκᾰρπῐ́οιν toîn perikarpíoin	τῶν περῐκᾰρπῐ́ων tôn perikarpíōn
Dative	τῷ περῐκᾰρπῐ́ῳ tôi perikarpíōi	τοῖν περῐκᾰρπῐ́οιν toîn perikarpíoin	τοῖς περῐκᾰρπῐ́οις toîs perikarpíois
Accusative	τὸ περῐκᾰ́ρπῐον tò perikárpion	τὼ περῐκᾰρπῐ́ω tṑ perikarpíō	τᾰ̀ περῐκᾰ́ρπῐᾰ tà perikárpia
Vocative	περῐκᾰ́ρπῐον perikárpion	περῐκᾰρπῐ́ω perikarpíō	περῐκᾰ́ρπῐᾰ perikárpia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• περικαρπιάκανθος (perikarpiákanthos)

Descendants

• → Greek: περικάρπιο (perikárpio) (learned)
• → Latin: pericarpium

Further reading

• “περικάρπιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• περικάρπιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette