περισφύριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Substantivized neuter of περισφύριος (perisphúrios, “round the ankle”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pe.ris.pʰý.ri.on/ → /pe.risˈɸy.ri.on/ → /pe.risˈfi.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pe.ris.pʰý.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pe.risˈpʰy.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pe.risˈɸy.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pe.risˈfy.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pe.risˈfi.ri.on/

Noun

περῐσφῠ́ρῐον • (perisphúrion) n (genitive περῐσφῠρῐ́ου); second declension

1. anklet, a piece of jewelry worn around the ankle

   Synonym: πέδη (pédē)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ περῐσφῠ́ρῐον; τοῦ περῐσφῠρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ περῐσφῠ́ρῐον tò perisphúrion	τὼ περῐσφῠρῐ́ω tṑ perisphuríō	τᾰ̀ περῐσφῠ́ρῐᾰ tà perisphúria
Genitive	τοῦ περῐσφῠρῐ́ου toû perisphuríou	τοῖν περῐσφῠρῐ́οιν toîn perisphuríoin	τῶν περῐσφῠρῐ́ων tôn perisphuríōn
Dative	τῷ περῐσφῠρῐ́ῳ tôi perisphuríōi	τοῖν περῐσφῠρῐ́οιν toîn perisphuríoin	τοῖς περῐσφῠρῐ́οις toîs perisphuríois
Accusative	τὸ περῐσφῠ́ρῐον tò perisphúrion	τὼ περῐσφῠρῐ́ω tṑ perisphuríō	τᾰ̀ περῐσφῠ́ρῐᾰ tà perisphúria
Vocative	περῐσφῠ́ρῐον perisphúrion	περῐσφῠρῐ́ω perisphuríō	περῐσφῠ́ρῐᾰ perisphúria
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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