περίπατος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From περῐπᾰτέω (peripatéō, “I walk around”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pe.rí.pa.tos/ → /peˈri.pa.tos/ → /peˈri.pa.tos/

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

Noun

περῐ́πᾰτος • (perípatos) m (genitive περῐπᾰ́του); second declension

1. a walking
2. a place for walking, especially a covered walk
3. a conversation during a walk, argument
4. a school of philosophy, first used in reference to the Ἀκαδημία

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ περῐ́πᾰτος; τοῦ περῐπᾰ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ περῐ́πᾰτος ho perípatos	τὼ περῐπᾰ́τω tṑ peripátō	οἱ περῐ́πᾰτοι hoi perípatoi
Genitive	τοῦ περῐπᾰ́του toû peripátou	τοῖν περῐπᾰ́τοιν toîn peripátoin	τῶν περῐπᾰ́των tôn peripátōn
Dative	τῷ περῐπᾰ́τῳ tôi peripátōi	τοῖν περῐπᾰ́τοιν toîn peripátoin	τοῖς περῐπᾰ́τοις toîs peripátois
Accusative	τὸν περῐ́πᾰτον tòn perípaton	τὼ περῐπᾰ́τω tṑ peripátō	τοὺς περῐπᾰ́τους toùs peripátous
Vocative	περῐ́πᾰτε perípate	περῐπᾰ́τω peripátō	περῐ́πᾰτοι perípatoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “περίπατος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “περίπατος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• περίπατος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• περίπατος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • alley idem, page 25.
  • perambulation idem, page 607.
  • promenade idem, page 653.
  • ramble idem, page 670.
  • stroll idem, page 827.
  • walk idem, page 960.

Greek

Noun

περίπατος • (perípatos) m (plural περίπατοι)

1. walk, hike, stroll (journey on foot)
2. walk, way (recognised route for such a walk)

   Coordinate terms: μονοπάτι (monopáti), πεζοδρόμιο (pezodrómio)

3. (chess) opening (type of move)

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	περίπατος (perípatos)	περίπατοι (perípatoi)
genitive	περιπάτου (peripátou)	περιπάτων (peripáton)
accusative	περίπατο (perípato)	περιπάτους (peripátous)
vocative	περίπατε (perípate)	περίπατοι (perípatoi)

Related terms

• see: περπατάω (perpatáo, “I walk”)

Further reading

• περίπατος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el