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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Either from:
- πεῖρᾰ (peîra, “trial”) + θοός (thoós, “quick”).
- περῐ- (peri-, “round about”) + θέω (théō, “run”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peː.rí.tʰo.os/ → /piˈri.θo.os/ → /piˈri.θo.os/
Proper noun
Πειρῐ́θοος • (Peiríthoos) m (genitive Πειρῐθόου); second declension
- a male given name: Pirithous
Inflection
Descendants
References
- “Πειρίθοος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Πειρίθοος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “Πειρίθοος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Πειρίθοος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette