περιβολή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From περιβάλλω (peribállō, “to put around”) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pe.ri.bo.lɛ̌ː/ → /pe.ri.βoˈli/ → /pe.ri.voˈli/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pe.ri.bo.lɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pe.ri.boˈle̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pe.ri.βoˈli/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pe.ri.voˈli/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pe.ri.voˈli/

Noun

περῐβολή • (peribolḗ) f (genitive περῐβολῆς); first declension

1. covering, garment
2. circumnavigation

Declension

First declension of ἡ περιβολή; τῆς περιβολῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ περιβολή hē peribolḗ	τὼ περιβολᾱ́ tṑ peribolā́	αἱ περιβολαί hai peribolaí
Genitive	τῆς περιβολῆς tês peribolês	τοῖν περιβολαῖν toîn peribolaîn	τῶν περιβολῶν tôn peribolôn
Dative	τῇ περιβολῇ têi peribolêi	τοῖν περιβολαῖν toîn peribolaîn	ταῖς περιβολαῖς taîs peribolaîs
Accusative	τὴν περιβολήν tḕn peribolḗn	τὼ περιβολᾱ́ tṑ peribolā́	τᾱ̀ς περιβολᾱ́ς tā̀s peribolā́s
Vocative	περιβολή peribolḗ	περιβολᾱ́ peribolā́	περιβολαί peribolaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: περιβολή (perivolí)

Further reading

• “περιβολή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “περιβολή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• περιβολή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • area idem, page 39.
  • circuit idem, page 132.
  • circumference idem, page 132.
  • compass idem, page 150.
  • dimension idem, page 225.
  • expanse idem, page 292.
  • fence idem, page 315.
  • girth idem, page 359.
  • precincts idem, page 634.
  • sphere idem, page 801.
  • tract idem, page 885.
  • wrapping idem, page 992.

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Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek περιβολή (peribolḗ).

Noun

περιβολή • (perivolí) n (plural περιβολές)

1. attire, dress, garb, raiment

Declension

Declension of περιβολή

	singular	plural
nominative	περιβολή •	περιβολές •
genitive	περιβολής •	περιβολών •
accusative	περιβολή •	περιβολές •
vocative	περιβολή •	περιβολές •

Derived terms

• (idiom) αδαμιαία περιβολή f (adamiaía perivolí, “birthday suit”, literally “Adam's clothes”)