περιστέριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pe.ris.té.ri.on/ → /pe.risˈte.ri.on/ → /pe.risˈte.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pe.ris.té.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pe.risˈte.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pe.risˈte.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pe.risˈte.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pe.risˈte.ri.on/

Noun

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

1. vervain (Verbena officinalis)

   Synonym: ἱεροβοτᾰ́νη (hierobotánē)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ περῐστέρῐον; τοῦ περῐστερῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ περῐστέρῐον tò peristérion	τὼ περῐστερῐ́ω tṑ peristeríō	τᾰ̀ περῐστέρῐᾰ tà peristéria
Genitive	τοῦ περῐστερῐ́ου toû peristeríou	τοῖν περῐστερῐ́οιν toîn peristeríoin	τῶν περῐστερῐ́ων tôn peristeríōn
Dative	τῷ περῐστερῐ́ῳ tôi peristeríōi	τοῖν περῐστερῐ́οιν toîn peristeríoin	τοῖς περῐστερῐ́οις toîs peristeríois
Accusative	τὸ περῐστέρῐον tò peristérion	τὼ περῐστερῐ́ω tṑ peristeríō	τᾰ̀ περῐστέρῐᾰ tà peristéria
Vocative	περῐστέρῐον peristérion	περῐστερῐ́ω peristeríō	περῐστέρῐᾰ peristéria
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

• “περιστέριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• περιστέριον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette