περιδέξιος
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From περῐ- (peri-, around) + δεξῐός (dexiós, “right”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pe.ri.dék.si.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pe.riˈdek.si.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pe.riˈðek.si.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pe.riˈðek.si.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pe.riˈðek.si.os/
Adjective
[edit]περῐδέξῐος • (peridéxios) m or f (neuter περῐδέξῐον); second declension
- ambidextrous
- very dexterous or expert
- convenient
- going round the right arm
- having two right hands
Inflection
[edit]Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | περῐδέξῐος peridéxios |
περῐδέξῐον peridéxion |
περῐδεξῐ́ω peridexíō |
περῐδεξῐ́ω peridexíō |
περῐδέξῐοι peridéxioi |
περῐδέξῐᾰ peridéxia | ||||||||
Genitive | περῐδεξῐ́ου peridexíou |
περῐδεξῐ́ου peridexíou |
περῐδεξῐ́οιν peridexíoin |
περῐδεξῐ́οιν peridexíoin |
περῐδεξῐ́ων peridexíōn |
περῐδεξῐ́ων peridexíōn | ||||||||
Dative | περῐδεξῐ́ῳ peridexíōi |
περῐδεξῐ́ῳ peridexíōi |
περῐδεξῐ́οιν peridexíoin |
περῐδεξῐ́οιν peridexíoin |
περῐδεξῐ́οις peridexíois |
περῐδεξῐ́οις peridexíois | ||||||||
Accusative | περῐδέξῐον peridéxion |
περῐδέξῐον peridéxion |
περῐδεξῐ́ω peridexíō |
περῐδεξῐ́ω peridexíō |
περῐδεξῐ́ους peridexíous |
περῐδέξῐᾰ peridéxia | ||||||||
Vocative | περῐδέξῐε peridéxie |
περῐδέξῐον peridéxion |
περῐδεξῐ́ω peridexíō |
περῐδεξῐ́ω peridexíō |
περῐδέξῐοι peridéxioi |
περῐδέξῐᾰ peridéxia | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
περῐδεξῐ́ως peridexíōs |
περῐδεξῐώτερος peridexiṓteros |
περῐδεξῐώτᾰτος peridexiṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]- περῐδέξῐον (peridéxion)
Further reading
[edit]- “περιδέξιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “περιδέξιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- περιδέξιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *deḱs-
- Ancient Greek terms prefixed with περι-
- Ancient Greek 5-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek adjectives
- Ancient Greek proparoxytone terms