περίδρομος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From a suppletive root of περῐτρέχω (peritrékhō, “I run about”); see, for example, περῐδρᾰμεῖται (peridrameîtai).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pe.rí.dro.mos/ → /peˈri.ðro.mos/ → /peˈri.ðro.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pe.rí.dro.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /peˈri.dro.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /peˈri.ðro.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /peˈri.ðro.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /peˈri.ðro.mos/

Adjective

περῐ́δρομος • (perídromos) m or f (neuter περῐ́δρομον); second declension

1. running round, encircling, round, circular
   1. wandering, going about, roaming
2. (passive voice) that can be run round; hence, standing apart, detached
   1. surrounded

Declension

Second declension of περῐ́δρομος; περῐ́δρομον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		περῐ́δρομος perídromos	περῐ́δρομον perídromon		περῐδρόμω peridrómō	περῐδρόμω peridrómō		περῐ́δρομοι perídromoi	περῐ́δρομᾰ perídroma
Genitive		περῐδρόμου peridrómou	περῐδρόμου peridrómou		περῐδρόμοιν peridrómoin	περῐδρόμοιν peridrómoin		περῐδρόμων peridrómōn	περῐδρόμων peridrómōn
Dative		περῐδρόμῳ peridrómōi	περῐδρόμῳ peridrómōi		περῐδρόμοιν peridrómoin	περῐδρόμοιν peridrómoin		περῐδρόμοις peridrómois	περῐδρόμοις peridrómois
Accusative		περῐ́δρομον perídromon	περῐ́δρομον perídromon		περῐδρόμω peridrómō	περῐδρόμω peridrómō		περῐδρόμους peridrómous	περῐ́δρομᾰ perídroma
Vocative		περῐ́δρομε perídrome	περῐ́δρομον perídromon		περῐδρόμω peridrómō	περῐδρόμω peridrómō		περῐ́δρομοι perídromoi	περῐ́δρομᾰ perídroma
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		περῐδρόμως peridrómōs			περῐδρομώτερος peridromṓteros			περῐδρομώτᾰτος peridromṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

περῐ́δρομος • (perídromos) m (genitive περῐδρόμου); second declension

1. that which surrounds, edge, rim
2. orbit, lap
3. (at Mytilene, in the plural) circuit-judges

Declension

Second declension of ὁ περῐ́δρομος; τοῦ περῐδρόμου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ περῐ́δρομος ho perídromos	τὼ περῐδρόμω tṑ peridrómō	οἱ περῐ́δρομοι hoi perídromoi
Genitive	τοῦ περῐδρόμου toû peridrómou	τοῖν περῐδρόμοιν toîn peridrómoin	τῶν περῐδρόμων tôn peridrómōn
Dative	τῷ περῐδρόμῳ tôi peridrómōi	τοῖν περῐδρόμοιν toîn peridrómoin	τοῖς περῐδρόμοις toîs peridrómois
Accusative	τὸν περῐ́δρομον tòn perídromon	τὼ περῐδρόμω tṑ peridrómō	τοὺς περῐδρόμους toùs peridrómous
Vocative	περῐ́δρομε perídrome	περῐδρόμω peridrómō	περῐ́δρομοι perídromoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: peridromophile, peridromophily

Further reading

• “περίδρομος, ον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “περίδρομος, ὁ, Subst.”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “περίδρομος1”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “περίδρομος2”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “περίδρομος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• περίδρομος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • circuit idem, page 132.
  • circumference idem, page 132.
  • gallery idem, page 353.
  • rim idem, page 715.
  • rimmed idem, page 716.