περικάρπιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From περῐ- (perĭ-, around) +‎ καρπός (karpós, “fruit”, diminutive suffix) +‎ -ιον (-ion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pe.ri.kár.pi.on/ → /pe.riˈkar.pi.on/ → /pe.riˈkar.pi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pe.ri.kár.pi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pe.riˈkar.pi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pe.riˈkar.pi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pe.riˈkar.pi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pe.riˈkar.pi.on/

Noun

περῐκᾰ́ρπῐον • (perĭkắrpĭon) n (genitive περῐκᾰρπῐ́ου); second declension

1. (botany) case of fruit or seed, pod, husk or shell
2. bracelet

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ περῐκᾰ́ρπῐον; τοῦ περῐκᾰρπῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ περῐκᾰ́ρπῐον tò perĭkắrpĭon	τὼ περῐκᾰρπῐ́ω tṑ perĭkărpĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ περῐκᾰ́ρπῐᾰ tằ perĭkắrpĭă
Genitive	τοῦ περῐκᾰρπῐ́ου toû perĭkărpĭ́ou	τοῖν περῐκᾰρπῐ́οιν toîn perĭkărpĭ́oin	τῶν περῐκᾰρπῐ́ων tôn perĭkărpĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ περῐκᾰρπῐ́ῳ tôi perĭkărpĭ́ōi	τοῖν περῐκᾰρπῐ́οιν toîn perĭkărpĭ́oin	τοῖς περῐκᾰρπῐ́οις toîs perĭkărpĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ περῐκᾰ́ρπῐον tò perĭkắrpĭon	τὼ περῐκᾰρπῐ́ω tṑ perĭkărpĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ περῐκᾰ́ρπῐᾰ tằ perĭkắrpĭă
Vocative	περῐκᾰ́ρπῐον perĭkắrpĭon	περῐκᾰρπῐ́ω perĭkărpĭ́ō	περῐκᾰ́ρπῐᾰ perĭkắrpĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• περικαρπιάκανθος (perikarpiákanthos)

Descendants

• → Greek: περικάρπιο (perikárpio) (learned)
• → Latin: pericarpium

Further reading

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