περιοχή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From περιέχω (periékhō) +‎ -ή (-ḗ).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pe.ri.o.kʰɛ̌ː/ → /pe.ri.oˈçi/ → /pe.ri.oˈçi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pe.ri.o.kʰɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pe.ri.oˈkʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pe.ri.oˈçi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pe.ri.oˈçi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pe.ri.oˈçi/

Noun

περῐοχή • (periokhḗ) f (genitive περῐοχῆς); first declension (Koine)

1. compass, circumference
2. (Koine, in general) compass, extent
3. content of a definition
4. summary, periochae
5. portion circumscribed or marked off, section of a book
6. (botany) pod, husk, shell
7. fence, fortification

Declension

First declension of ἡ περῐοχή; τῆς περῐοχῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ περῐοχή hē periokhḗ	τὼ περῐοχᾱ́ tṑ periokhā́	αἱ περῐοχαί hai periokhaí
Genitive	τῆς περῐοχῆς tês periokhês	τοῖν περῐοχαῖν toîn periokhaîn	τῶν περῐοχῶν tôn periokhôn
Dative	τῇ περῐοχῇ têi periokhêi	τοῖν περῐοχαῖν toîn periokhaîn	ταῖς περῐοχαῖς taîs periokhaîs
Accusative	τὴν περῐοχήν tḕn periokhḗn	τὼ περῐοχᾱ́ tṑ periokhā́	τᾱ̀ς περῐοχᾱ́ς tā̀s periokhā́s
Vocative	περῐοχή periokhḗ	περῐοχᾱ́ periokhā́	περῐοχαί periokhaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: περιοχή (periochí)

Further reading

• “περιοχή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “περιοχή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• περιοχή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “περιοχή”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek περιοχή (periokhḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe.ɾʝoˈçi/

Noun

περιοχή • (periochí) f (plural περιοχές)

1. (geography) region, district, area
2. domain

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	περιοχή (periochí)	περιοχές (periochés)
genitive	περιοχής (periochís)	περιοχών (periochón)
accusative	περιοχή (periochí)	περιοχές (periochés)
vocative	περιοχή (periochí)	περιοχές (periochés)

Further reading

• περιοχή, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language