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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From περιών (periṓn), present participle of περίειμι (períeimi) + -ίᾱ (-íā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pe.ri.uː.sí.aː/ → /pe.ri.uˈsi.a/ → /pe.ri.uˈsi.a/
Noun
περῐουσῐ́ᾱ • (periousíā) f (genitive περῐουσῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- wealth, abundance, plenty
- Antonym: πενία (penía)
Inflection
Descendants
Further reading
- “περιουσία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “περιουσία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- περιουσία 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.
- abundance idem, page 4.
- balance idem, page 59.
- copiousness idem, page 173.
- excess idem, page 288.
- exuberance idem, page 298.
- fund idem, page 349.
- glut idem, page 363.
- lavishness idem, page 479.
- margin idem, page 514.
- mass idem, page 516.
- outpouring idem, page 582.
- overflow idem, page 585.
- plentifulness idem, page 620.
- plenty idem, page 620.
- plethora idem, page 620.
- profuseness idem, page 653.
- redundance idem, page 684.
- store idem, page 820.
- superabundance idem, page 838.
- superfluity idem, page 839.
- superiority idem, page 839.
- surplus idem, page 844.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek περιουσία (periousía).
Noun
περιουσία • (periousía) f (plural περιουσίες)
- property, possessions, wealth (personal)
- fortune, estate
Declension
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