περόνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πείρω (peírō, “to pierce, run through”), formed with the pattern of ᾰ̓κόνη (akónē, “whetstone, hone”), βελόνη (belónē, “needle”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pe.ró.nɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /peˈro.ne̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /peˈro.ni/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /peˈro.ni/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /peˈro.ni/

Noun

περόνη • (perónē) f (genitive περόνης); first declension

pin or tongue of a buckle or brooch
1. buckle or brooch itself
  Synonym: πόρπη (pórpē)
2. pin for twisting ropes round, on a ship
3. pivot of doorpost
4. linchpin
5. rivet, bolt
  1. rivet in the Roman pilum
(anatomy) radius; (more frequently) fibula, calf bone
1. (zootomy) ligament below the knee of a horse
2. outgrowth, excrescence, epiphysis
3. (zootomy, in the plural) splint bones
A kind of fish.

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Inflection

First declension of ἡ περόνη; τῆς περόνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ περόνη hē perónē	τὼ περόνᾱ tṑ perónā	αἱ περόναι hai perónai
Genitive	τῆς περόνης tês perónēs	τοῖν περόναιν toîn perónain	τῶν περονῶν tôn peronôn
Dative	τῇ περόνῃ têi perónēi	τοῖν περόναιν toîn perónain	ταῖς περόναις taîs perónais
Accusative	τὴν περόνην tḕn perónēn	τὼ περόνᾱ tṑ perónā	τᾱ̀ς περόνᾱς tā̀s perónās
Vocative	περόνη perónē	περόνᾱ perónā	περόναι perónai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

περονάω (peronáō)
περόνημᾰ, περόνᾱμᾰ (perónēma, perónāma)
περονητήρ (peronētḗr)
περονητῐ́ς (peronētís)
περονητρῐ́ς (peronētrís)
περονῐ́δῐον (peronídion)
περόνῐον (perónion)
περονῐ́ς (peronís)

Descendants

Descendants of περόνη

Greek: περόνη (peróni)
⇒ Koine Greek: περόνιον (perónion)
- Byzantine Greek: πιρούνιν (piroúnin), περούνιν (peroúnin)
  - Greek: πιρούνι (piroúni)
    - → Albanian: pirun
    - → Aromanian: pirunã
    - → Friulian: piron
    - → Ladino: piron
    - → Mòcheno: paru'
    - → Romanian: piron
    - → Serbo-Croatian: pirun / пирун
    - → Venetan: piron
      - → Cimbrian: pirù
      - → Lombard: piron
→ English: perone

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “περόνη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1179

Greek

Etymology

Probably a borrowing from Ancient Greek περόνη (perónē). Cf. the inherited diminutive πιρούνι (piroúni).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /peˈɾo.ni/

Noun

περόνη • (peróni) f (plural περόνες)

(anatomy) fibula (a bone in the leg)
pin (used for fastening cloth etc)
(engineering) pin (used in mechanisms)
Τράβηξε την περόνη της χειροβομβίδας και την πέταξε.
Trávixe tin peróni tis cheirovomvídas kai tin pétaxe.
He pulled the grenade's pin and threw it.

Declension

Declension of περόνη

	singular	plural
nominative	περόνη •	περόνες •
genitive	περόνης •	περονών •
accusative	περόνη •	περόνες •
vocative	περόνη •	περόνες •

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “περόνη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1179

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