παραλληλεπίπεδος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From παράλληλος (parállēlos, “parallel”) + ἐπίπεδος (epípedos, “plane”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pa.ral.lɛː.le.pí.pe.dos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pa.ral.le̝.leˈpi.pe.dos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pa.ral.li.leˈpi.pe.ðos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pa.ral.li.leˈpi.pe.ðos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pa.ra.li.leˈpi.pe.ðos/
Adjective
πᾰρᾰλληλεπίπεδος • (părăllēlepípedos) m or f (neuter πᾰρᾰλληλεπίπεδον); second declension
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | πᾰρᾰλληλεπίπεδος părăllēlepípedos |
πᾰρᾰλληλεπίπεδον părăllēlepípedon |
πᾰρᾰλληλεπιπέδω părăllēlepipédō |
πᾰρᾰλληλεπιπέδω părăllēlepipédō |
πᾰρᾰλληλεπίπεδοι părăllēlepípedoi |
πᾰρᾰλληλεπίπεδᾰ părăllēlepípedă | ||||||||
| Genitive | πᾰρᾰλληλεπιπέδου părăllēlepipédou |
πᾰρᾰλληλεπιπέδου părăllēlepipédou |
πᾰρᾰλληλεπιπέδοιν părăllēlepipédoin |
πᾰρᾰλληλεπιπέδοιν părăllēlepipédoin |
πᾰρᾰλληλεπιπέδων părăllēlepipédōn |
πᾰρᾰλληλεπιπέδων părăllēlepipédōn | ||||||||
| Dative | πᾰρᾰλληλεπιπέδῳ părăllēlepipédōi |
πᾰρᾰλληλεπιπέδῳ părăllēlepipédōi |
πᾰρᾰλληλεπιπέδοιν părăllēlepipédoin |
πᾰρᾰλληλεπιπέδοιν părăllēlepipédoin |
πᾰρᾰλληλεπιπέδοις părăllēlepipédois |
πᾰρᾰλληλεπιπέδοις părăllēlepipédois | ||||||||
| Accusative | πᾰρᾰλληλεπίπεδον părăllēlepípedon |
πᾰρᾰλληλεπίπεδον părăllēlepípedon |
πᾰρᾰλληλεπιπέδω părăllēlepipédō |
πᾰρᾰλληλεπιπέδω părăllēlepipédō |
πᾰρᾰλληλεπιπέδους părăllēlepipédous |
πᾰρᾰλληλεπίπεδᾰ părăllēlepípedă | ||||||||
| Vocative | πᾰρᾰλληλεπίπεδε părăllēlepípede |
πᾰρᾰλληλεπίπεδον părăllēlepípedon |
πᾰρᾰλληλεπιπέδω părăllēlepipédō |
πᾰρᾰλληλεπιπέδω părăllēlepipédō |
πᾰρᾰλληλεπίπεδοι părăllēlepípedoi |
πᾰρᾰλληλεπίπεδᾰ părăllēlepípedă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| πᾰρᾰλληλεπιπέδως părăllēlepipédōs |
πᾰρᾰλληλεπιπεδώτερος părăllēlepipedṓteros |
πᾰρᾰλληλεπιπεδώτᾰτος părăllēlepipedṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: παραλληλεπίπεδος (parallilepípedos)
- → Latin: parallēlepipedum
- → Dutch: parallellepipedum
- → English: parallelepiped
- → Armenian: զուգահեռանիստ (zugaheṙanist) (calque)
Further reading
- “παραλληλεπίπεδος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- παραλληλεπίπεδος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette