περιγραφή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From περῐγρᾰ́φω (perigráphō, “to define, determine, limit”) +‎ -ή (-ḗ).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pe.ri.ɡra.pʰɛ̌ː/ → /pe.ri.ɣraˈɸi/ → /pe.ri.ɣraˈfi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pe.ri.ɡra.pʰɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pe.ri.ɡraˈpʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pe.ri.ɣraˈɸi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pe.ri.ɣraˈfi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pe.ri.ɣraˈfi/

Noun

περῐγρᾰφή • (perigraphḗ) f (genitive περῐγρᾰφῆς); first declension

1. outline, general description
2. circumference, circuit
3. that which is marked by an outline, impression
4. (geometry) circumscribed figure
5. limit, termination
6. (rhetoric) compass of expression
7. (grammar) breaking off, conclusion
8. (law) circumvention, fraud

Declension

First declension of ἡ περῐγρᾰφή; τῆς περῐγρᾰφῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ περῐγρᾰφή hē perigraphḗ	τὼ περῐγρᾰφᾱ́ tṑ perigraphā́	αἱ περῐγρᾰφαί hai perigraphaí
Genitive	τῆς περῐγρᾰφῆς tês perigraphês	τοῖν περῐγρᾰφαῖν toîn perigraphaîn	τῶν περῐγρᾰφῶν tôn perigraphôn
Dative	τῇ περῐγρᾰφῇ têi perigraphêi	τοῖν περῐγρᾰφαῖν toîn perigraphaîn	ταῖς περῐγρᾰφαῖς taîs perigraphaîs
Accusative	τὴν περῐγρᾰφήν tḕn perigraphḗn	τὼ περῐγρᾰφᾱ́ tṑ perigraphā́	τᾱ̀ς περῐγρᾰφᾱ́ς tā̀s perigraphā́s
Vocative	περῐγρᾰφή perigraphḗ	περῐγρᾰφᾱ́ perigraphā́	περῐγρᾰφαί perigraphaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: perigraph
• Greek: περιγραφή (perigrafí)

Further reading

• “περιγραφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “περιγραφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• περιγραφή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Etymology

περι- (peri-, “around”) +‎ γράφω (gráfo, “write, draw”)

Noun

περιγραφή • (perigrafí) f (plural περιγραφές)

1. description, account
2. (geometry) delineation

Declension

Declension of περιγραφή

	singular	plural
nominative	περιγραφή (perigrafí)	περιγραφές (perigrafés)
genitive	περιγραφής (perigrafís)	περιγραφών (perigrafón)
accusative	περιγραφή (perigrafí)	περιγραφές (perigrafés)
vocative	περιγραφή (perigrafí)	περιγραφές (perigrafés)