periodus

See also: periódus

Latin

Alternative forms

  • perihodos, perihodus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek περίοδος (períodos).

Pronunciation

Noun

periodus f (genitive periodī); second declension

  1. a complete sentence; period
  2. the circuit of the four Grecian games

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative periodus periodī
Genitive periodī periodōrum
Dative periodō periodīs
Accusative periodum periodōs
Ablative periodō periodīs
Vocative periode periodī

Descendants

References

  • periodus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • periodus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • periodus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the period: ambitus, circuitus, comprehensio, continuatio (verborum, orationis), also simply periodus
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