περόνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πείρω (peírō, “to pierce, run through”), formed with the pattern of ᾰ̓κόνη (akónē, “whetstone, hone”), βελόνη (belónē, “needle”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

περόνη • (perónē) f (genitive περόνης); first declension

  1. pin or tongue of a buckle or brooch
    1. buckle or brooch itself
      Synonym: πόρπη (pórpē)
    2. pin for twisting ropes round, on a ship
    3. pivot of doorpost
    4. linchpin
    5. rivet, bolt
      1. rivet in the Roman pilum
  2. (anatomy) radius; (more frequently) fibula, calf bone
    1. (zootomy) ligament below the knee of a horse
    2. outgrowth, excrescence, epiphysis
    3. (zootomy, in the plural) splint bones
  3. A kind of fish.

Inflection
First declension of ἡ περόνη; τῆς περόνης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ περόνη
hē perónē		 τὼ περόνᾱ
tṑ perónā		 αἱ περόναι
hai perónai
Genitive τῆς περόνης
tês perónēs		 τοῖν περόναιν
toîn perónain		 τῶν περονῶν
tôn peronôn
Dative τῇ περόνῃ
têi perónēi		 τοῖν περόναιν
toîn perónain		 ταῖς περόναις
taîs perónais
Accusative τὴν περόνην
tḕn perónēn		 τὼ περόνᾱ
tṑ perónā		 τᾱ̀ς περόνᾱς
tā̀s perónās
Vocative περόνη
perónē		 περόνᾱ
perónā		 περόναι
perónai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • περονάω (peronáō)
  • περόνημᾰ, περόνᾱμᾰ (perónēma, perónāma)
  • περονητήρ (peronētḗr)
  • περονητρῐ́ς (peronētrís)
  • περονητῐ́ς (peronētís)
  • περονῐ́δῐον (peronídion)
  • περόνῐον (perónion)
  • περονῐ́ς (peronís)

Descendants
Descendants of περόνη in other languages
  • Greek: περόνη (peróni)
  • ⇒ Koine Greek: περόνιον (perónion)
  • → English: perone

Further reading
  • “περόνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “περόνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “περόνη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • περόνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • περόνη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Greek

Etymology

Probably a borrowing from Ancient Greek περόνη (perónē). Cf. the inherited diminutive πιρούνι (piroúni).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /peˈɾo.ni/

Noun

περόνη • (peróni) f (plural περόνες)

  1. (anatomy) fibula (a bone in the leg)
  2. pin (used for fastening cloth etc)
  3. (engineering) pin (used in mechanisms)
    Τράβηξε την περόνη της χειροβομβίδας και την πέταξε.
    Trávixe tin peróni tis cheirovomvídas kai tin pétaxe.
    He pulled the grenade's pin and threw it.

Declension
declension of περόνη
case     \     number singular plural
nominative περόνη • περόνες •
genitive περόνης • περονών •
accusative περόνη • περόνες •
vocative περόνη • περόνες •
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