περιστόμιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Declined forms of and neuter substantive from περῐστόμῐος (perĭstómĭos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pe.ris.tó.mi.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pe.risˈto.mi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pe.risˈto.mi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pe.risˈto.mi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pe.risˈto.mi.on/
Noun
περῐστόμῐον • (perĭstómĭon) n (genitive περῐστομῐ́ου); second declension
- the mouth of a vessel
- 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 21.28.12:
- πίθου
- píthou
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- πίθου
- a mouth-band
- the region of the epiglottis
- 5th century CE, Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον
- the collar of a garment
- the edge of a ravine
- 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Ezekiel 39.11:
- καὶ ἔσται ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ δώσω τῷ Γὼγ τόπον ὀνομαστόν, μνημεῖον ἐν Ἰσραήλ, τὸ πολυάνδριον τῶν ἐπελθόντων πρὸς τῇ θαλάσσῃ, καὶ περιοικοδομήσουσι τὸ περιστόμιον τῆς φάραγγος.
- kaì éstai en tēî hēmérāi ekeínēi dṓsō tōî Gṑg tópon onomastón, mnēmeîon en Israḗl, tò poluándrion tôn epelthóntōn pròs tēî thalássēi, kaì perioikodomḗsousi tò peristómion tês phárangos.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- καὶ ἔσται ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ δώσω τῷ Γὼγ τόπον ὀνομαστόν, μνημεῖον ἐν Ἰσραήλ, τὸ πολυάνδριον τῶν ἐπελθόντων πρὸς τῇ θαλάσσῃ, καὶ περιοικοδομήσουσι τὸ περιστόμιον τῆς φάραγγος.
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | τὸ περῐστόμῐον tò perĭstómĭon |
τὼ περῐστομῐ́ω tṑ perĭstomĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ περῐστόμῐᾰ tằ perĭstómĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ περῐστομῐ́ου toû perĭstomĭ́ou |
τοῖν περῐστομῐ́οιν toîn perĭstomĭ́oin |
τῶν περῐστομῐ́ων tôn perĭstomĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ περῐστομῐ́ῳ tōî perĭstomĭ́ōi |
τοῖν περῐστομῐ́οιν toîn perĭstomĭ́oin |
τοῖς περῐστομῐ́οις toîs perĭstomĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ περῐστόμῐον tò perĭstómĭon |
τὼ περῐστομῐ́ω tṑ perĭstomĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ περῐστόμῐᾰ tằ perĭstómĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | περῐστόμῐον perĭstómĭon |
περῐστομῐ́ω perĭstomĭ́ō |
περῐστόμῐᾰ perĭstómĭă | ||||||||||
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Adjective
περῐστόμῐον • (perĭstómĭon)
- nominative neuter singular of περῐστόμῐος (perĭstómĭos)
- accusative masculine singular of περῐστόμῐος (perĭstómĭos)
- accusative feminine singular of περῐστόμῐος (perĭstómĭos)
- accusative neuter singular of περῐστόμῐος (perĭstómĭos)
- vocative neuter singular of περῐστόμῐος (perĭstómĭos)
Further reading
- “περιστόμιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press