περίπλους

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From περί (perí) +‎ πλοῦς (ploûs).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

περῐ́πλους • (perĭ́plous) m (genitive περῐ́πλου); second declension

  1. sailing round, circumnavigation

Declension

Second declension of ὁ περίπλους; τοῦ περίπλου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ περίπλους
ho períplous 		τὼ περίπλω
tṑ períplō 		οἱ περίπλοι
hoi períploi
Genitive τοῦ περίπλου
toû períplou 		τοῖν περίπλοιν
toîn períploin 		τῶν περίπλων
tôn períplōn
Dative τῷ περίπλῳ
tōî períplōi 		τοῖν περίπλοιν
toîn períploin 		τοῖς περίπλοις
toîs períplois
Accusative τὸν περίπλουν
tòn períploun 		τὼ περίπλω
tṑ períplō 		τοὺς περίπλους
toùs períplous
Vocative περίπλου
períplou 		περίπλω
períplō 		περίπλοι
períploi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Dual and vocatives are rare.

Descendants

  • → French: périple
  • Greek: περίπλους (períplous)

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek περίπλους. Morphologically, from περι- (“round”) +‎ πλους (“sailing”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peˈri.plus/
  • Hyphenation: πε‧ρί‧πλους

Noun

περίπλους • (períplous) m (plural περίπλοι)

  1. periplus
    1. sailing round, circumnavigation
    2. an account or description of such a voyage

Declension

Declension of περίπλους
singular plural
nominative περίπλους (períplous) περίπλοι (períploi)
genitive περίπλου (períplou) περίπλων (períplon)
accusative περίπλου (períplou) περίπλους (períplous)
vocative - -

Plural and especially the genitive are rare.

Noun

περίπλους • (períplous) m

  1. accusative plural of περίπλους (períplous)
  • and see: πλέω (pléo, “sail; float”)
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