περιοδικός

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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See περῐοδεύω (periodeúō, I go round), from περι- (peri-, peri-, around) +‎ ὁδεύω (hodeúō, to go, travel), the latter a denominal verb from ὁδός (hodós, road, street). By surface analysis, περι- (peri-) +‎ ὁδός (hodós) +‎ -ικός (-ikós).

Adjective

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περῐοδῐκός (periodikósm (feminine περῐοδῐκή, neuter περῐοδῐκόν); first/second declension (Koine)

  1. acquired in one's travels
  2. periodic, recurrent phases of the Moon, of hours, of diseases, of texts
  3. (metrics) of periodic metres (e.g. hexameter with interchanging dactyls and spondees

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Greek: περιοδικός (periodikós, periodic)

Further reading

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Greek

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Etymology

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From Hellenistic Koine Greek περιοδικός, περιοδικῶς (periodikôs, adverb) [1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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περιοδικός (periodikósm (feminine περιοδική, neuter περιοδικό)

  1. periodic

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References

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  1. ^ περιοδικός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language