περιφέρεια

• περιφερείη (periphereíē) — Ionic

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.

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.

• Greek: περιφέρεια (periféreia)
• Latin: peripheria
  • Catalan: perifèria
  • French: périphérie
  • Galician: periferia
  • Italian: periferia
  • Portuguese: periferia
  • Romanian: periferie
  • Russian: периферия (periferija)
  • Spanish: periferia
• English: periphery
• Dutch: periferie
• Danish: periferi

• “περιφέρεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “περιφέρεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• περιφέρεια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

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.

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

περιφέρεια • (periféreia) f (plural περιφέρειες)

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

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

• (region, territory) περιοχή (periochí)

• περίμετρος f (perímetros) (perimeter)
• περιμετρικός f (perimetrikós) (peripheral)
• διάμετρος f (diámetros) (diameter)
• ακτίνα f (aktína) (radius)

• περιφερειακός (perifereiakós, “regional, peripheral”)
• περιφερειάρχης (perifereiárchis, “regional administrator, governor”)

• Περιφέρειες της Ελλάδας on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el
• περιφέρεια - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.