περόνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *per-, the same root of πείρω (peírō, “to pierce”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pe.ró.nɛː/ → /peˈro.ni/ → /peˈro.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pe.ró.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /peˈro.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /peˈro.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /peˈro.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /peˈro.ni/

Noun

περόνη • (perónē) f (genitive περόνης); first declension

1. pin or tongue of a buckle
2. buckle or brooch itself

   Synonym: πόρπη (pórpē)

3. pin for twisting ropes round, on a ship
4. pivot of doorpost
5. linchpin
6. rivet, bolt
7. (anatomy) fibula, calf bone
8. (zoology) ligament below the knee of a horse
9. kind of fish

Inflection

First declension of ἡ περόνη; τῆς περόνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ περόνη hē perónē	τὼ περόνᾱ tṑ perónā	αἱ περόναι hai perónai
Genitive	τῆς περόνης tês perónēs	τοῖν περόναιν toîn perónain	τῶν περονῶν tôn peronôn
Dative	τῇ περόνῃ têi perónēi	τοῖν περόναιν toîn perónain	ταῖς περόναις taîs perónais
Accusative	τὴν περόνην tḕn perónēn	τὼ περόνᾱ tṑ perónā	τᾱ̀ς περόνᾱς tā̀s perónās
Vocative	περόνη perónē	περόνᾱ perónā	περόναι perónai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• περονάω (peronáō)
• περονητήρ (peronētḗr)
• περονητρίς (peronētrís)
• περονίδιον (peronídion)
• περόνιον (perónion)
• περονίς (peronís)
• περόνμα (perónma)

 

Descendants

• Greek: περόνη (peróni)
• → English: perone

References

• “περόνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “περόνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “περόνη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• περόνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• περόνη 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

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Greek

Noun

περόνη • (peróni) f (plural περόνες)

1. (anatomy) fibula (a bone in the leg)
2. pin (used for fastening cloth etc)
3. (engineering) pin (used in mechanisms)

   Τράβηξε την περόνη της χειροβομβίδας και την πέταξε.

   He pulled the grenade's pin and threw it.

Declension

Declension of περόνη

	singular	plural
nominative	περόνη •	περόνες •
genitive	περόνης •	περονών •
accusative	περόνη •	περόνες •
vocative	περόνη •	περόνες •