περίπλους

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From περί (perí) +‎ πλοῦς (ploûs).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pe.rí.pluːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /peˈri.plus/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /peˈri.plus/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /peˈri.plus/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /peˈri.plus/

Proper noun

περῐ́πλους • (períplous) m (genitive περῐ́πλου); second declension

sailing round, circumnavigation

Declension

ὁ περίπλους, τοῦ περίπλου - 2nd Declension, contracted (of περίπλοος)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ περίπλους	τὼ περίπλω	οἱ περίπλοι
Genitive	τοῦ περίπλου	τοῖν περίπλοιν	τῶν περίπλων
Dative	τῷ περίπλῳ	τοῖν περίπλοιν	τοῖς περίπλοις
Accusative	τὸν περίπλουν	τὼ περίπλω	τοὺς περίπλους
Vocative	περίπλου	περίπλω	περίπλοι

Dialectal forms:
Notes:	Dual and vocatives are rare.

Descendants

→ French: périple
Greek: περίπλους (períplous)

Further reading

“περίπλους”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
περίπλους in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- circumnavigation idem, page 132.
- sailing idem, page 731.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek περίπλους. Morphologically, from περι- (“round”) +‎ πλους (“sailing”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /peˈri.plus/
Hyphenation: πε‧ρί‧πλους

Noun

περίπλους • (períplous) m (plural περίπλοι)

periplus
1. sailing round, circumnavigation
2. an account or description of such a voyage

Declension

Declension of **περίπλους**
	singular	plural
nominative	περίπλους (períplous)	περίπλοι (períploi)
genitive	περίπλου (períplou)	περίπλων (períplon)
accusative	περίπλου (períplou)	περίπλους (períplous)
vocative	-	-

Plural and especially the genitive are rare.

Noun

περίπλους • (períplous) m

accusative plural of περίπλους (períplous)

Related terms

περιπλέω (peripléo, “sail round, circumnavigate”)

and see: πλέω (pléo, “sail; float”)

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