Πειρίθοος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Περῐ́θοος (Períthoos) — verse
• Πειρῐ́θους (Peiríthous) — contracted
• Περῐ́θους (Períthous) — verse contracted

Etymology

Either from:

• πεῖρᾰ (peîra, “trial”) +‎ θοός (thoós, “quick”).
• περῐ- (peri-, “round about”) +‎ θέω (théō, “run”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /peː.rí.tʰo.os/ → /piˈri.θo.os/ → /piˈri.θo.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /peː.rí.tʰo.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /piˈri.tʰo.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /piˈri.θo.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /piˈri.θo.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /piˈri.θo.os/

Proper noun

Πειρῐ́θοος • (Peiríthoos) m (genitive Πειρῐθόου); second declension

1. a male given name: Pirithous

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Πειρῐ́θοος; τοῦ Πειρῐθόου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Πειρῐ́θοος ho Peiríthoos
Genitive	τοῦ Πειρῐθόου toû Peirithóou
Dative	τῷ Πειρῐθόῳ tôi Peirithóōi
Accusative	τὸν Πειρῐ́θοον tòn Peiríthoon
Vocative	Πειρῐ́θοε Peiríthoe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Πειρίθοος (Peiríthoos)
• Latin: Pīrithous

References

• “Πειρίθοος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Πειρίθοος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “Πειρίθοος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Πειρίθοος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette