περιδέξιον
Ancient Greek
FWOTD – 21 November 2022
Etymology
Substantivized neuter of περιδέξιος (peridéxios).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pe.ri.dék.si.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pe.riˈdek.si.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pe.riˈðek.si.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pe.riˈðek.si.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pe.riˈðek.si.on/
Noun
περῐδέξῐον • (peridéxion) n (genitive περῐδεξίου); second declension
- armlet for the right arm
- peridexion (legendary tree believed to grow in India that attracts doves and repels dragons)
- 2nd–4th centuries AD, Physiologus 30.1:[1]
- Ἔστι δένδρον περιδέξιον καλούμενον
- Ésti déndron peridéxion kaloúmenon
- Translation by Gohar Muradyan
- There is a tree called peridexion
- Ἔστι δένδρον περιδέξιον καλούμενον
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ περῐδέξῐον tò peridéxion |
τὼ περῐδεξῐ́ω tṑ peridexíō |
τᾰ̀ περῐδέξῐᾰ tà peridéxia | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ περῐδεξῐ́ου toû peridexíou |
τοῖν περῐδεξῐ́οιν toîn peridexíoin |
τῶν περῐδεξῐ́ων tôn peridexíōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ περῐδεξῐ́ῳ tôi peridexíōi |
τοῖν περῐδεξῐ́οιν toîn peridexíoin |
τοῖς περῐδεξῐ́οις toîs peridexíois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ περῐδέξῐον tò peridéxion |
τὼ περῐδεξῐ́ω tṑ peridexíō |
τᾰ̀ περῐδέξῐᾰ tà peridéxia | ||||||||||
| Vocative | περῐδέξῐον peridéxion |
περῐδεξῐ́ω peridexíō |
περῐδέξῐᾰ peridéxia | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Old Armenian: պերեդիքսոն (peredikʻson), պերիդիքսիոն (peridikʻsion), պերիքոն (perikʻon), պետրիքոն (petrikʻon), պորդոքսոն (pordokʻson)
- → Old Georgian: პირიდექსიონ (ṗirideksion), პირდექსიონ (ṗirdeksion)
Adjective
περῐδέξῐον • (peridéxion)
- inflection of περιδέξιος (peridéxios):
- masculine accusative singular
- neuter nominative/accusative singular
References
- Muradyan, Gohar (2005) Physiologus: The Greek and Armenian Versions with a Study of Translation Technique (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 6), Leuven – Paris – Dudley: Peeters, pages 133, 159
Further reading
- “περιδέξιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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