περιστέριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From περιστερά (peristerá, “pigeon, dove”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

περῐστέρῐον • (perĭstérĭon) n (genitive περῐστερῐ́ου); second declension

  1. vervain (Verbena officinalis)
    Synonym: ἱεροβοτᾰ́νη (hierobotắnē)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ περῐστέρῐον; τοῦ περῐστερῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ περῐστέρῐον
tò perĭstérĭon 		τὼ περῐστερῐ́ω
tṑ perĭsterĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ περῐστέρῐᾰ
tằ perĭstérĭă
Genitive τοῦ περῐστερῐ́ου
toû perĭsterĭ́ou 		τοῖν περῐστερῐ́οιν
toîn perĭsterĭ́oin 		τῶν περῐστερῐ́ων
tôn perĭsterĭ́ōn
Dative τῷ περῐστερῐ́ῳ
tōî perĭsterĭ́ōi 		τοῖν περῐστερῐ́οιν
toîn perĭsterĭ́oin 		τοῖς περῐστερῐ́οις
toîs perĭsterĭ́ois
Accusative τὸ περῐστέρῐον
tò perĭstérĭon 		τὼ περῐστερῐ́ω
tṑ perĭsterĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ περῐστέρῐᾰ
tằ perĭstérĭă
Vocative περῐστέρῐον
perĭstérĭon 		περῐστερῐ́ω
perĭsterĭ́ō 		περῐστέρῐᾰ
perĭstérĭă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → English: peristerion
  • → Ottoman Turkish: بارسطاریون (baristariyon), بارستاریون (baristariyon)
    • Turkish: baristariyon

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.