πείρινς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πείρινθος (peírinthos)

Etymology

Like many words in -νθ-, this one is probably Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pěː.rins/ → /ˈpi.rins/ → /ˈpi.rins/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pěː.rins/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.rins/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.rins/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.rins/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.rins/

Noun

πείρῐνς • (peírins) f (genitive πείρῐνθος); third declension

1. wicker basket tied upon a cart

Declension

Third declension of ἡ πείρῐνς; τῆς πείρῐνθος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πείρῐνς hē peírins	τὼ πείρῐνθε tṑ peírinthe	αἱ πείρῐνθες hai peírinthes
Genitive	τῆς πείρῐνθος tês peírinthos	τοῖν πειρῐ́νθοιν toîn peirínthoin	τῶν πειρῐ́νθων tôn peirínthōn
Dative	τῇ πείρῐνθῐ têi peírinthi	τοῖν πειρῐ́νθοιν toîn peirínthoin	ταῖς πείρῐνσῐ / πείρῐνσῐν taîs peírinsi(n)
Accusative	τὴν πείρῐνθᾰ tḕn peírintha	τὼ πείρῐνθε tṑ peírinthe	τᾱ̀ς πείρῐνθᾰς tā̀s peírinthas
Vocative	πείρῐνς peírins	πείρῐνθε peírinthe	πείρῐνθες peírinthes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-tʰs.

Further reading

• “πείρινς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πείρινς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “πείρινς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πείρινς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• πείρινς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN