περίστρωμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From περιστρώννυμι (peristrṓnnumi, “to spread all around”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pe.rís.trɔː.ma/ → /peˈris.tro.ma/ → /peˈris.tro.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pe.rís.trɔː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /peˈris.tro.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /peˈris.tro.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /peˈris.tro.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /peˈris.tro.ma/

Noun

περῐ́στρωμᾰ • (perístrōma) n (genitive περῐστρώμᾰτος); third declension

1. covering of a bed, counterpane, coverlet
2. (in the plural) carpets and hangings of rooms

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ περῐ́στρωμᾰ; τοῦ περῐστρώμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ περῐ́στρωμᾰ tò perístrōma	τὼ περῐστρώμᾰτε tṑ peristrṓmate	τᾰ̀ περῐστρώμᾰτᾰ tà peristrṓmata
Genitive	τοῦ περῐστρώμᾰτος toû peristrṓmatos	τοῖν περῐστρωμᾰ́τοιν toîn peristrōmátoin	τῶν περῐστρωμᾰ́των tôn peristrōmátōn
Dative	τῷ περῐστρώμᾰτῐ tôi peristrṓmati	τοῖν περῐστρωμᾰ́τοιν toîn peristrōmátoin	τοῖς περῐστρώμᾰσῐ / περῐστρώμᾰσῐν toîs peristrṓmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ περῐ́στρωμᾰ tò perístrōma	τὼ περῐστρώμᾰτε tṑ peristrṓmate	τᾰ̀ περῐστρώμᾰτᾰ tà peristrṓmata
Vocative	περῐ́στρωμᾰ perístrōma	περῐστρώμᾰτε peristrṓmate	περῐστρώμᾰτᾰ peristrṓmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: peristrōma
• → Sanskrit: परिस्तोम (paristoma)

Further reading

• “περίστρωμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• περίστρωμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette