περισφύριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Substantivized neuter of περισφύριος (perisphúrios, “round the ankle”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pe.ris.pʰý.ri.on/ → /pe.risˈɸy.ri.on/ → /pe.risˈfi.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pe.ris.pʰý.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pe.risˈpʰy.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pe.risˈɸy.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pe.risˈfy.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pe.risˈfi.ri.on/

Noun

περῐσφῠ́ρῐον • (perĭsphŭ́rĭon) n (genitive περῐσφῠρῐ́ου); second declension

1. anklet, a piece of jewelry worn around the ankle

   Synonym: πέδη (pédē)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ περῐσφῠ́ρῐον; τοῦ περῐσφῠρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ περῐσφῠ́ρῐον tò perĭsphŭ́rĭon	τὼ περῐσφῠρῐ́ω tṑ perĭsphŭrĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ περῐσφῠ́ρῐᾰ tằ perĭsphŭ́rĭă
Genitive	τοῦ περῐσφῠρῐ́ου toû perĭsphŭrĭ́ou	τοῖν περῐσφῠρῐ́οιν toîn perĭsphŭrĭ́oin	τῶν περῐσφῠρῐ́ων tôn perĭsphŭrĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ περῐσφῠρῐ́ῳ tôi perĭsphŭrĭ́ōi	τοῖν περῐσφῠρῐ́οιν toîn perĭsphŭrĭ́oin	τοῖς περῐσφῠρῐ́οις toîs perĭsphŭrĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ περῐσφῠ́ρῐον tò perĭsphŭ́rĭon	τὼ περῐσφῠρῐ́ω tṑ perĭsphŭrĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ περῐσφῠ́ρῐᾰ tằ perĭsphŭ́rĭă
Vocative	περῐσφῠ́ρῐον perĭsphŭ́rĭon	περῐσφῠρῐ́ω perĭsphŭrĭ́ō	περῐσφῠ́ρῐᾰ perĭsphŭ́rĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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