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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Like many words in -νθ-, this one is probably Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pěː.rins/ → /ˈpi.rins/ → /ˈpi.rins/
Noun
πείρῐνς • (peírins) f (genitive πείρῐνθος); third declension
- wicker basket tied upon a cart
Declension
Further reading
- “πείρινς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πείρινς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “πείρινς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πείρινς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- πείρινς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN