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Meaning of "perispomenon" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PERISPOMENON

From Greek, from peri- (around) + spaein to pull, draw.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PERISPOMENON

ˌpɛrɪˈspəʊməˌnɒn


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PERISPOMENON

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Perispomenon can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PERISPOMENON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Perispomenon

In Ancient Greek grammar, a perispomenon is a word with a high-low pitch contour on the last syllable, indicated in writing by a circumflex accent mark. A properispomenon has the same kind of accent, but on the penultimate syllable. Examples: ▪ θεοῦ, theoû, "of a god", is a perispomenon ▪ πρᾶξις prâxis "business" is a properispomenon...

Definition of perispomenon in the English dictionary

The definition of perispomenon in the dictionary is bearing a circumflex accent on the last syllable. Other definition of perispomenon is a word having such an accent.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PERISPOMENON

actinon · Agamemnon · Al-Anon · anon · argonon · diazinon · guenon · hebenon · lanthanon · magnon · ninon · olecranon · organon · Parthenon · phonon · properispomenon · Simenon · turn-on · xenon · xoanon

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PERISPOMENON

perishableness · perishables · perishably · perished · perisher · perishing · perishingly · perisperm · perispermal · perispermic · perissodactyl · perissodactyle · perissodactylic · perissodactylous · perissology · perissosyllabic · peristalith · peristalses · peristalsis · peristaltic

WORDS THAT END LIKE PERISPOMENON

autokinetic phenomenon · epiphenomenon · figure-ground phenomenon · hapax legomenon · Krishna Menon · Maintenon · Menon · noumenon · paraleipomenon · phaenomenon · phenomenon · phi-phenomenon · prolegomenon · superphenomenon · tenon · theologoumenon · tusk tenon

Synonyms and antonyms of perispomenon in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «perispomenon» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PERISPOMENON

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The translations of perispomenon from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «perispomenon» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

perispomenon
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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perispomenon
570 millions of speakers
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English

perispomenon
510 millions of speakers
hi

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perispomenon
380 millions of speakers
ar

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perispomenon
280 millions of speakers
ru

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perispomenon
278 millions of speakers
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perispomenon
270 millions of speakers
bn

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perispomenon
260 millions of speakers
fr

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perispomenon
220 millions of speakers
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Perispomenon
190 millions of speakers
de

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perispomenon
180 millions of speakers
ja

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perispomenon
130 millions of speakers
ko

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perispomenon
85 millions of speakers
jv

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Perispomenon
85 millions of speakers
vi

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perispomenon
80 millions of speakers
ta

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perispomenon
75 millions of speakers
mr

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अकस्मात
75 millions of speakers
tr

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perispomenon
70 millions of speakers
it

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perispomenon
65 millions of speakers
pl

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perispomenon
50 millions of speakers
uk

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perispomenon
40 millions of speakers
ro

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perispomenon
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

perispomenon
15 millions of speakers
af

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perispomenon
14 millions of speakers
sv

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perispomenon
10 millions of speakers
no

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perispomenon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of perispomenon

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PERISPOMENON»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about perispomenon

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERISPOMENON»

Discover the use of perispomenon in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to perispomenon and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Practical Guide for the Writing of the Greek Accents
The type AyjTw (stem -oi-) is, contrary to Basic Rule IIlb, oxytone in the accusative and perispomenon in the vocative. b: Stems in a: -u-: Basic Rule I, IIlb and R.M.; the -u- is long only in the nominative, accusative and vocative singular of those ...
2
Accidence
Verbs and Nouns. §.53. 1. Gen. plur. of dissyllabic oxytons in or, (Perispomenon) 6cS>v, and part, of dissyllabic verbs in «o and da, (Parox.) 6iav. 2. Ace. sing. Doric of nouns in d, (Oxyton) npav, and inf. of verbs in da, (Perispomenon) ripav. 3.
William Edward Jelf, 1861
3
The First Greek Book: On the Plan of "Henry's First Latin Book."
Act. is perispomenon : i\v. b) Partcp. Aor. 2. Act. is oxylone : uiv, ovaa, ov (ovroc, &c). c) Imperat. Aor. 2. Mid. is perispomenon : ov. d) Infin. Aor. 2. Mid. is paroxytone : ioBat. * - .. Remember that when you find a participle in uiv, ov, oxylone (or ...
Thomas Kerchever Arnold, 1871
4
A Grammar of the Greek Language: Chiefly from the German of ...
1. III. person singular, pres. ind. (Perispomenon) and II. sing, imper. (Paroxyton) of contract verbs in ia> and da ; as, <pi\ci, n/ifi — <£iX«, Ti'/ia. 2. III. pers. aor. I. opt . act. (Paroxyton) n-ojqo-at ; aor. I. infin. active (Properispomenon) noirjacu : aor.
William Edward Jelf, 1851
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The first Greek book. [With] Key
Act. is perispomenon : Civ. b) Partcp. Aor. 2. Act. is oxytone : u>v, owa, ov (oyrof, «c.;. c) Imperat. Aor. 2. JMM. is perispomenon: ov. d) Into. Aor. 2. Mid. is paroxytone: to9ai. Remember that when you find a participle in i>v ov, OtfyfoW (or Z/5 in ...
Thomas Kerchever Arnold, 1871
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A grammar of the Greek language, chiefly from the Germ. of ...
Verbs and Nouns. §.53. 1. Gen. plur. of dissyllabic oxytons in o's, (Perispomenon) 6tnv, and part, of dissyllabic verbs in «a> and da, (Parex.) 6lav. 2. Ace. sing. Doric of nouns in d, (Oxyton) rt/idv, and inf. of verbs in dw, (Perispomenon) ripJdv. 3.
William Edward Jelf, Raphael Kühner, 1861
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An appendix to the Eton Greek grammar, compiled for the use ...
x. 1. Third person singular, pres. ind. (Perispomenon) and II. sing. imper. ( Paroxyton) of contract verbs in ia and da ; as, ipi\e?, rifja — i/n'Ac t, 7 ijj.a. 2. Third pers. sing. aor. I. opt. act. (Paroxyton) voi^aai ; aor. I. infin. active ( Properispomenon) ...
William Edward Jelf, 1849
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Ancient Scholarship and Grammar: Archetypes, Concepts and ...
Herodian and Later Grammarians on the Accent of TpnpGov Compound s-stems, such as £uy£VT]<; 'well-born' and £U|JT]Kr|<; 'tall', normally had a perispomenon genitive plural, irrespective of the accentuation of the other forms in the ...
Stephanos Matthaios, Franco Montanari, Antonios Rengakos, 2011
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A Grammar of New Testament Greek: Volume 2: Accidence and ...
A perispomenon is unchanged, as is a paroxytone, but if the enclitic has two syllables, the second is accented. If a series of enclitics follow one another, each throws an accent back on the preceding, as « n't W col <f>ri<riv. But p>£, coi throw ...
James Hope Moulton, Wilbert Francis Howard, Nigel Turner, 2000
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Attic primer
The circumflex is formed by the union of the acute and grave accents in the contraction of two syllables. Thus (biXia> becomes <piXa>, generally written < piXo3. Words are called Perispomenon which have the circumflex on the last syllable, ...
Josiah Wright, 1874
REFERENCE
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