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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From περῐπᾰτέω (peripatéō, “I walk around”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pe.rí.pa.tos/ → /peˈri.pa.tos/ → /peˈri.pa.tos/
Noun
περῐ́πᾰτος • (perípatos) m (genitive περῐπᾰ́του); second declension
- a walking
- a place for walking, especially a covered walk
- a conversation during a walk, argument
- a school of philosophy, first used in reference to the Ἀκαδημία
Inflection
References
- “περίπατος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “περίπατος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- περίπατος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- περίπατος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
Noun
περίπατος • (perípatos) m (plural περίπατοι)
- walk, hike, stroll (journey on foot)
- walk, way (recognised route for such a walk)
- Coordinate terms: μονοπάτι (monopáti), πεζοδρόμιο (pezodrómio)
- (chess) opening (type of move)
Declension
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