περόνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πείρω (peírō, “to pierce, run through”), formed with the pattern of ᾰ̓κόνη (akónē, “whetstone, hone”), βελόνη (belónē, “needle”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pe.ró.nɛː/ → /peˈro.ni/ → /peˈro.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pe.ró.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /peˈro.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /peˈro.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /peˈro.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /peˈro.ni/

Noun

περόνη • (perónē) f (genitive περόνης); first declension

1. pin or tongue of a buckle or brooch
   1. buckle or brooch itself

      Synonym: πόρπη (pórpē)

   2. pin for twisting ropes round, on a ship
   3. pivot of doorpost
   4. linchpin
   5. rivet, bolt
      1. rivet in the Roman pilum
2. (anatomy) radius; (more frequently) fibula, calf bone
   1. (zootomy) ligament below the knee of a horse
   2. outgrowth, excrescence, epiphysis
   3. (zootomy, in the plural) splint bones
3. A kind of fish.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ περόνη; τῆς περόνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ περόνη hē perónē	τὼ περόνᾱ tṑ perónā	αἱ περόναι hai perónai
Genitive	τῆς περόνης tês perónēs	τοῖν περόναιν toîn perónain	τῶν περονῶν tôn peronôn
Dative	τῇ περόνῃ têi perónēi	τοῖν περόναιν toîn perónain	ταῖς περόναις taîs perónais
Accusative	τὴν περόνην tḕn perónēn	τὼ περόνᾱ tṑ perónā	τᾱ̀ς περόνᾱς tā̀s perónās
Vocative	περόνη perónē	περόνᾱ perónā	περόναι perónai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• περονάω (peronáō)
• περόνημᾰ, περόνᾱμᾰ (perónēma, perónāma)
• περονητήρ (peronētḗr)
• περονητῐ́ς (peronētís)
• περονητρῐ́ς (peronētrís)
• περονῐ́δῐον (peronídion)
• περόνῐον (perónion)
• περονῐ́ς (peronís)

 

Descendants

Descendants

• Greek: περόνη (peróni)
• ⇒ Koine Greek: περόνιον (perónion)
  • Byzantine Greek: πιρούνιν (piroúnin), περούνιν (peroúnin)
    • Greek: πιρούνι (piroúni)
      • → Albanian: pirun
      • → Aromanian: pirunã
      • → Friulian: piron
      • → Ladino: piron
      • → Mòcheno: paru'
      • → Romanian: piron
      • → Serbo-Croatian: pirun / пирун
      • → Venetian: piron
        • → Cimbrian: pirù
        • → Lombard: piron
• → English: perone

Further reading

• “περόνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “περόνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “περόνη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• περόνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• περόνη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963

Greek

Etymology

Probably a borrowing from Ancient Greek περόνη (perónē). Cf. the inherited diminutive πιρούνι (piroúni).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈɾo.ni/

Noun

περόνη • (peróni) f (plural περόνες)

1. (anatomy) fibula (a bone in the leg)
2. pin (used for fastening cloth etc)
3. (engineering) pin (used in mechanisms)

   Τράβηξε την περόνη της χειροβομβίδας και την πέταξε.

   Trávixe tin peróni tis cheirovomvídas kai tin pétaxe.

   He pulled the grenade's pin and threw it.

Declension

Declension of περόνη

	singular	plural
nominative	περόνη •	περόνες •
genitive	περόνης •	περονών •
accusative	περόνη •	περόνες •
vocative	περόνη •	περόνες •