περιγραφή
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From περῐγρᾰ́φω (perigráphō, “to define, determine, limit”) + -ή (-ḗ).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pe.ri.ɡra.pʰɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pe.ri.ɡraˈpʰe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pe.ri.ɣraˈɸi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pe.ri.ɣraˈfi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pe.ri.ɣraˈfi/
Noun
περῐγρᾰφή • (perigraphḗ) f (genitive περῐγρᾰφῆς); first declension
- outline, general description
- circumference, circuit
- that which is marked by an outline, impression
- (geometry) circumscribed figure
- limit, termination
- (rhetoric) compass of expression
- (grammar) breaking off, conclusion
- (law) circumvention, fraud
Declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ περῐγρᾰφή hē perigraphḗ |
τὼ περῐγρᾰφᾱ́ tṑ perigraphā́ |
αἱ περῐγρᾰφαί hai perigraphaí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς περῐγρᾰφῆς tês perigraphês |
τοῖν περῐγρᾰφαῖν toîn perigraphaîn |
τῶν περῐγρᾰφῶν tôn perigraphôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ περῐγρᾰφῇ têi perigraphêi |
τοῖν περῐγρᾰφαῖν toîn perigraphaîn |
ταῖς περῐγρᾰφαῖς taîs perigraphaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν περῐγρᾰφήν tḕn perigraphḗn |
τὼ περῐγρᾰφᾱ́ tṑ perigraphā́ |
τᾱ̀ς περῐγρᾰφᾱ́ς tā̀s perigraphā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | περῐγρᾰφή perigraphḗ |
περῐγρᾰφᾱ́ perigraphā́ |
περῐγρᾰφαί perigraphaí | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “περιγραφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “περιγραφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- περιγραφή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
Declension
declension of περιγραφή
case \ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | περιγραφή • | περιγραφές • |
genitive | περιγραφής • | περιγραφών • |
accusative | περιγραφή • | περιγραφές • |
vocative | περιγραφή • | περιγραφές • |
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