περιδέξιον

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 21 November 2022

Etymology

Substantivized neuter of περιδέξιος (peridéxios).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pe.ri.dék.si.on/ → /pe.riˈðek.si.on/ → /pe.riˈðek.si.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pe.ri.dék.si.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pe.riˈdek.si.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pe.riˈðek.si.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pe.riˈðek.si.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pe.riˈðek.si.on/

Noun

περῐδέξῐον • (peridéxion) n (genitive περῐδεξίου); second declension

1. armlet for the right arm
2. peridexion (legendary tree believed to grow in India that attracts doves and repels dragons)
   • 2nd–4th centuries AD, Physiologus 30.1:

     Ἔστι δένδρον περιδέξιον καλούμενον

     Ésti déndron peridéxion kaloúmenon

     • Translation by Gohar Muradyan

       There is a tree called peridexion

Declension

Second declension of τὸ περῐδέξῐον; τοῦ περῐδεξῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ περῐδέξῐον tò peridéxion	τὼ περῐδεξῐ́ω tṑ peridexíō	τᾰ̀ περῐδέξῐᾰ tà peridéxia
Genitive	τοῦ περῐδεξῐ́ου toû peridexíou	τοῖν περῐδεξῐ́οιν toîn peridexíoin	τῶν περῐδεξῐ́ων tôn peridexíōn
Dative	τῷ περῐδεξῐ́ῳ tôi peridexíōi	τοῖν περῐδεξῐ́οιν toîn peridexíoin	τοῖς περῐδεξῐ́οις toîs peridexíois
Accusative	τὸ περῐδέξῐον tò peridéxion	τὼ περῐδεξῐ́ω tṑ peridexíō	τᾰ̀ περῐδέξῐᾰ tà peridéxia
Vocative	περῐδέξῐον peridéxion	περῐδεξῐ́ω peridexíō	περῐδέξῐᾰ peridéxia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Old Armenian: պերեդիքսոն (peredikʻson), պերիդիքսիոն (peridikʻsion), պերիքոն (perikʻon), պետրիքոն (petrikʻon), պորդոքսոն (pordokʻson) — variant readings
  • → Old Georgian: პირიდექსიონ (ṗirideksion), პირდექსიონ (ṗirdeksion)

Adjective

περῐδέξῐον • (peridéxion)

1. inflection of περιδέξιος (peridéxios):
   1. masculine accusative singular
   2. neuter nominative/accusative singular

Further reading

• “περιδέξιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press