παραλληλόγραμμος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From παράλληλος (parállēlos, “parallel”) + γράμμα (grámma, “line”) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pa.ral.lɛː.ló.ɡram.mos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pa.ral.le̝ˈlo.ɡram.mos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pa.ral.liˈlo.ɣram.mos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pa.ral.liˈlo.ɣram.mos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pa.ra.liˈlo.ɣra.mos/
Adjective
πᾰρᾰλληλόγρᾰμμος • (părăllēlógrămmos) m or f (neuter πᾰρᾰλληλόγρᾰμμον); second declension
- bounded by parallel lines
- (geometry, nominalized, neuter) parallelogram
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | πᾰρᾰλληλόγρᾰμμος părăllēlógrămmos |
πᾰρᾰλληλόγρᾰμμον părăllēlógrămmon |
πᾰρᾰλληλογρᾰ́μμω părăllēlogrắmmō |
πᾰρᾰλληλογρᾰ́μμω părăllēlogrắmmō |
πᾰρᾰλληλόγρᾰμμοι părăllēlógrămmoi |
πᾰρᾰλληλόγρᾰμμᾰ părăllēlógrămmă | ||||||||
| Genitive | πᾰρᾰλληλογρᾰ́μμου părăllēlogrắmmou |
πᾰρᾰλληλογρᾰ́μμου părăllēlogrắmmou |
πᾰρᾰλληλογρᾰ́μμοιν părăllēlogrắmmoin |
πᾰρᾰλληλογρᾰ́μμοιν părăllēlogrắmmoin |
πᾰρᾰλληλογρᾰ́μμων părăllēlogrắmmōn |
πᾰρᾰλληλογρᾰ́μμων părăllēlogrắmmōn | ||||||||
| Dative | πᾰρᾰλληλογρᾰ́μμῳ părăllēlogrắmmōi |
πᾰρᾰλληλογρᾰ́μμῳ părăllēlogrắmmōi |
πᾰρᾰλληλογρᾰ́μμοιν părăllēlogrắmmoin |
πᾰρᾰλληλογρᾰ́μμοιν părăllēlogrắmmoin |
πᾰρᾰλληλογρᾰ́μμοις părăllēlogrắmmois |
πᾰρᾰλληλογρᾰ́μμοις părăllēlogrắmmois | ||||||||
| Accusative | πᾰρᾰλληλόγρᾰμμον părăllēlógrămmon |
πᾰρᾰλληλόγρᾰμμον părăllēlógrămmon |
πᾰρᾰλληλογρᾰ́μμω părăllēlogrắmmō |
πᾰρᾰλληλογρᾰ́μμω părăllēlogrắmmō |
πᾰρᾰλληλογρᾰ́μμους părăllēlogrắmmous |
πᾰρᾰλληλόγρᾰμμᾰ părăllēlógrămmă | ||||||||
| Vocative | πᾰρᾰλληλόγρᾰμμε părăllēlógrămme |
πᾰρᾰλληλόγρᾰμμον părăllēlógrămmon |
πᾰρᾰλληλογρᾰ́μμω părăllēlogrắmmō |
πᾰρᾰλληλογρᾰ́μμω părăllēlogrắmmō |
πᾰρᾰλληλόγρᾰμμοι părăllēlógrămmoi |
πᾰρᾰλληλόγρᾰμμᾰ părăllēlógrămmă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| πᾰρᾰλληλογρᾰ́μμως părăllēlogrắmmōs |
πᾰρᾰλληλογρᾰμμότερος părăllēlogrămmóteros |
πᾰρᾰλληλογρᾰμμότᾰτος părăllēlogrămmótătos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: παραλληλόγραμμος (parallilógrammos)
- → Latin: parallēlogrammum (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
- “παραλληλόγραμμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- παραλληλόγραμμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette