Πηλούσιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Egyptian pr-jmn (literally “house of Amun”), from pr (“house, temple”) + jmn (“Amun”). More at Pelusium.

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Πηλούσῐον • (Pēloúsion) n (genitive Πηλουσῐ́ου); second declension

  1. Pelusium, Lower Egypt

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ Πηλούσῐον; τοῦ Πηλουσῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative τὸ Πηλούσῐον
tò Pēloúsion
Genitive τοῦ Πηλουσῐ́ου
toû Pēlousíou
Dative τῷ Πηλουσῐ́ῳ
tôi Pēlousíōi
Accusative τὸ Πηλούσῐον
tò Pēloúsion
Vocative Πηλούσῐον
Pēloúsion
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • Πηλουσῐᾰκός (Pēlousiakós)

Descendants
  • → French: Péluse
  • Greek: Πηλούσιο (Piloúsio)
  • → Latin: Pēlūsium

References
  • “Πηλούσιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,021
  • Donne, William Bodham (1857). "Pelusium". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. 2. London: John Murray. pp. 572–573.
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