Πέρινθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Thracian *perunt (“rocky”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pé.rin.tʰos/ → /ˈpe.rin.θos/ → /ˈpe.rin.θos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pé.rin.tʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.rin.tʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.rin.θos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.rin.θos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.rin.θos/

Proper noun

Πέρινθος • (Périnthos) f (genitive Περίνθου); second declension

1. Perinthus; Heraclea, Thrace; Marmara Ereğli, Tekirdağ, Turkey

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Πέρῐνθος; τῆς Περῐ́νθου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Πέρῐνθος hē Périnthos
Genitive	τῆς Περῐ́νθου tês Perínthou
Dative	τῇ Περῐ́νθῳ têi Perínthōi
Accusative	τὴν Πέρῐνθον tḕn Périnthon
Vocative	Πέρῐνθε Périnthe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Περίνθῐος (Perínthios)

Descendants

• Greek: Πέρινθος (Périnthos)
• → Latin: Perinthus
• → Turkish: Perinthos

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,021
• Πέρινθος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette