περιφέρεια

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See also: περιφερείᾳ

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 20 January 2023

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Etymology

From περιφερής (peripherḗs, “circular; rounded; revolving; wavering”) +‎ -εια (-eia), from περιφέρω (periphérō, “to carry round; revolve; wander”), from περι- (peri-, “around, surrounding”) +‎ φέρω (phérō, “to carry, bear”) from Proto-Hellenic *pʰérō (“to bear”) from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

περιφέρεια • (periphéreia) f (genitive περιφερείᾱς); first declension (Attic, Doric, Aeolic)

  1. a periphery; outer bounds
  2. (mathematics, geometry) circumference; the line round a circular body
  3. (mathematics, geometry) arc of a circle; circular arc
  4. rounded surface; curve; curved or spherical shape
  5. curvature; roundness
  6. (figurative, biblical) wandering; error; madness
    • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Ecclesiastes 9.3:
      Τοῦτο πονηρὸν ἐν παντὶ πεποιημένῳ ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον, ὅτι συνάντημα ἓν τοῖς πᾶσι· καί γε καρδία υἱῶν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐπληρώθη πονηροῦ, καὶ περιφέρεια ἐν καρδίᾳ αὐτῶν ἐν ζωῇ αὐτῶν, καὶ ὀπίσω αὐτῶν πρὸς τοὺς νεκρούς.
      Toûto ponēròn en pantì pepoiēménōi hupò tòn hḗlion, hóti sunántēma hèn toîs pâsi; kaí ge kardía huiôn toû anthrṓpou eplērṓthē ponēroû, kaì periphéreia en kardíāi autôn en zōêi autôn, kaì opísō autôn pròs toùs nekroús.
      This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yea also, the heart of the sons of men is filled with evil, and madness is in their heart during their life, and after that they go to the dead.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ περῐφέρειᾰ; τῆς περῐφερείᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ περῐφέρειᾰ
hē periphéreia 		τὼ περῐφερείᾱ
tṑ periphereíā 		αἱ περῐφέρειαι
hai periphéreiai
Genitive τῆς περῐφερείᾱς
tês periphereíās 		τοῖν περῐφερείαιν
toîn periphereíain 		τῶν περῐφερειῶν
tôn periphereiôn
Dative τῇ περῐφερείᾳ
têi periphereíāi 		τοῖν περῐφερείαιν
toîn periphereíain 		ταῖς περῐφερείαις
taîs periphereíais
Accusative τὴν περῐφέρειᾰν
tḕn periphéreian 		τὼ περῐφερείᾱ
tṑ periphereíā 		τᾱ̀ς περῐφερείᾱς
tā̀s periphereíās
Vocative περῐφέρειᾰ
periphéreia 		περῐφερείᾱ
periphereíā 		περῐφέρειαι
periphéreiai
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Descendants

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek περιφέρεια (periphéreia), from περιφέρω (periphérō, “to carry round; revolve; wander”), περι- (peri-, “around, surrounding”) +‎ φέρω (féro, “to carry, bear”) +‎ -εια (-eia); verbal root from Proto-Hellenic *pʰérō (“to bear”) from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pe.ɾiˈfe.ɾi.a/
  • Hyphenation: πε‧ρι‧φέ‧ρει‧α

Noun

περιφέρεια • (periféreia) f (plural περιφέρειες)

  1. (geometry) circumference
  2. region, territory
  3. periphery, region an administrative unit of a state.
  4. waistline

Usage notes

  • (administrative area): Each περιφέρεια (periféreia, “periphery”) may be divided into νομοί (nomoí, “nomes”), each of which is divided into επαρχίες (eparchíes, “eparchies”).

Declension

declension of περιφέρεια
case     \     number singular plural
nominative περιφέρεια • περιφέρειες •
genitive περιφέρειας • περιφερειών •
accusative περιφέρεια • περιφέρειες •
vocative περιφέρεια • περιφέρειες •

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