περικάρπιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From περῐ- (peri-, around) +‎ καρπός (karpós, “fruit”, diminutive suffix) +‎ -ιον (-ion).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

περῐκᾰ́ρπῐον • (perikárpion) n (genitive περῐκᾰρπῐ́ου); second declension

  1. (botany) case of fruit or seed, pod, husk or shell
  2. bracelet

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ περῐκᾰ́ρπῐον; τοῦ περῐκᾰρπῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ περῐκᾰ́ρπῐον
tò perikárpion		 τὼ περῐκᾰρπῐ́ω
tṑ perikarpíō		 τᾰ̀ περῐκᾰ́ρπῐᾰ
tà perikárpia
Genitive τοῦ περῐκᾰρπῐ́ου
toû perikarpíou		 τοῖν περῐκᾰρπῐ́οιν
toîn perikarpíoin		 τῶν περῐκᾰρπῐ́ων
tôn perikarpíōn
Dative τῷ περῐκᾰρπῐ́ῳ
tôi perikarpíōi		 τοῖν περῐκᾰρπῐ́οιν
toîn perikarpíoin		 τοῖς περῐκᾰρπῐ́οις
toîs perikarpíois
Accusative τὸ περῐκᾰ́ρπῐον
tò perikárpion		 τὼ περῐκᾰρπῐ́ω
tṑ perikarpíō		 τᾰ̀ περῐκᾰ́ρπῐᾰ
tà perikárpia
Vocative περῐκᾰ́ρπῐον
perikárpion		 περῐκᾰρπῐ́ω
perikarpíō		 περῐκᾰ́ρπῐᾰ
perikárpia
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • περικαρπιάκανθος (perikarpiákanthos)

Descendants
  • → Greek: περικάρπιο (perikárpio) (learned)
  • → Latin: pericarpium

Further reading
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