"περί" meaning in All languages combined

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Preposition [Ancient Greek]

IPA: /pe.rí/, /peˈri/, /peˈri/, /pe.rí/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /peˈri/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /peˈri/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /peˈri/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /peˈri/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) Forms: περῐ́ [canonical], perí [romanization]
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *peri. Cognates include Sanskrit परि (pári), Latin per, Lithuanian per, English for, and Albanian për. The genitive is from the PIE ablative of cause. The dative is from the locative. The accusative is like παρά (pará). Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*per-|id=before}}, {{inh|grc|ine-pro|*per-|*peri}} Proto-Indo-European *peri, {{cog|sa|परि|tr=pári}} Sanskrit परि (pári), {{cog|la|per}} Latin per, {{cog|lt|per}} Lithuanian per, {{cog|en|for}} English for, {{cog|sq|për}} Albanian për, {{m|grc|παρά}} παρά (pará) Head templates: {{grc-preposition|gen|dat|acc|head=περῐ́}} περῐ́ • (perí) (governs the genitive, dative, and accusative)
  1. [+genitive] Tags: accusative, dative, with-genitive
    Sense id: en-περί-grc-prep-eFJyHmBh Categories (other): Ancient Greek accusative prepositions, Ancient Greek dative prepositions, Ancient Greek genitive prepositions, Ancient Greek prepositions Disambiguation of Ancient Greek accusative prepositions: 11 11 11 11 28 28 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek dative prepositions: 13 13 24 24 13 13 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek genitive prepositions: 25 25 13 13 13 13 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek prepositions: 17 17 17 17 17 17
  2. [+genitive]
    about, concerning, because of
    Tags: accusative, dative, with-genitive
    Sense id: en-περί-grc-prep-mXNqKuFT Categories (other): Ancient Greek accusative prepositions, Ancient Greek dative prepositions, Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek genitive prepositions, Ancient Greek prepositions, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek accusative prepositions: 11 11 11 11 28 28 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek dative prepositions: 13 13 24 24 13 13 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 11 38 11 11 11 16 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek genitive prepositions: 25 25 13 13 13 13 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek prepositions: 17 17 17 17 17 17 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 12 40 12 12 12 14
  3. [+dative] Tags: accusative, dative, with-genitive
    Sense id: en-περί-grc-prep-YQjfsIjY Categories (other): Ancient Greek accusative prepositions, Ancient Greek dative prepositions, Ancient Greek genitive prepositions, Ancient Greek prepositions Disambiguation of Ancient Greek accusative prepositions: 11 11 11 11 28 28 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek dative prepositions: 13 13 24 24 13 13 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek genitive prepositions: 25 25 13 13 13 13 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek prepositions: 17 17 17 17 17 17
  4. [+dative]
    around, for, about
    Tags: accusative, dative, with-genitive
    Sense id: en-περί-grc-prep-IcaXmgJ- Categories (other): Ancient Greek accusative prepositions, Ancient Greek dative prepositions, Ancient Greek genitive prepositions, Ancient Greek prepositions Disambiguation of Ancient Greek accusative prepositions: 11 11 11 11 28 28 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek dative prepositions: 13 13 24 24 13 13 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek genitive prepositions: 25 25 13 13 13 13 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek prepositions: 17 17 17 17 17 17
  5. [+accusative] Tags: accusative, dative, with-genitive
    Sense id: en-περί-grc-prep-ZvboMwoV Categories (other): Ancient Greek accusative prepositions, Ancient Greek dative prepositions, Ancient Greek genitive prepositions, Ancient Greek prepositions Disambiguation of Ancient Greek accusative prepositions: 11 11 11 11 28 28 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek dative prepositions: 13 13 24 24 13 13 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek genitive prepositions: 25 25 13 13 13 13 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek prepositions: 17 17 17 17 17 17
  6. [+accusative]
    around (both in the circular sense and close proximity sense), near, about
    Tags: accusative, dative, with-genitive
    Sense id: en-περί-grc-prep-2lraZUIL Categories (other): Ancient Greek accusative prepositions, Ancient Greek dative prepositions, Ancient Greek genitive prepositions, Ancient Greek prepositions Disambiguation of Ancient Greek accusative prepositions: 11 11 11 11 28 28 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek dative prepositions: 13 13 24 24 13 13 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek genitive prepositions: 25 25 13 13 13 13 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek prepositions: 17 17 17 17 17 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: πέρι (péri) (english: initial-stressed form), περ᾽ — apocope: elision, περ — Thessalian (english: per), Delphic, παρ — Elean (english: par) Derived forms: περίζωμα (perízōma), περισσός (perissós)

Preposition [Greek]

IPA: /peˈɾi/ Forms: perí [romanization]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek περί (perí). Etymology templates: {{uder|el|grc|περί}} Ancient Greek περί (perí) Head templates: {{head|el|preposition|head=|sort=}} περί • (perí), {{el-prep}} περί • (perí)
  1. (mathematics) about, approximately Categories (topical): Mathematics Synonyms (approximately): περίπου (perípou)
    Sense id: en-περί-el-prep-8~9R4mOv Categories (other): Greek entries with incorrect language header, Greek prepositions, Greek undefined derivations Disambiguation of Greek entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Disambiguation of Greek prepositions: 52 48 Disambiguation of Greek undefined derivations: 80 20 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'approximately': 100 0
  2. about, concerning Synonyms (concerning): για (gia)
    Sense id: en-περί-el-prep-ySUrdS4M Categories (other): Greek prepositions Disambiguation of Greek prepositions: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'concerning': 12 88

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      "ipa": "/pe.rí/"
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      "ipa": "/peˈri/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/peˈri/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/peˈri/",
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          "english": "about five hundred drachmas",
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          "name": "Greek prepositions",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I didn't know what it was about.",
          "roman": "Den íxera perí tínos prókeitai.",
          "text": "Δεν ήξερα περί τίνος πρόκειται.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "about, concerning"
      ],
      "id": "en-περί-el-prep-ySUrdS4M",
      "links": [
        [
          "about",
          "about"
        ],
        [
          "concerning",
          "concerning"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "roman": "gia",
          "sense": "concerning",
          "word": "για"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/peˈɾi/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "περί"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek accusative prepositions",
    "Ancient Greek dative prepositions",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek genitive prepositions",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek oxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek prepositions",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *per- (before)",
    "Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "perízōma",
      "word": "περίζωμα"
    },
    {
      "roman": "perissós",
      "word": "περισσός"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "περί"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: περί (perí)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: περί (perí)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "peri-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: peri-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: peri-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "peri-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: peri-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: peri-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "peri-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: peri-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: peri-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "péri-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: péri-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: péri-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "peri-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: peri-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: peri-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "peri-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: peri-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: peri-"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*per-",
        "id": "before"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*per-",
        "4": "*peri"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *peri",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "परि",
        "tr": "pári"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit परि (pári)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "per"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin per",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "per"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian per",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "for"
      },
      "expansion": "English for",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "për"
      },
      "expansion": "Albanian për",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "παρά"
      },
      "expansion": "παρά (pará)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *peri. Cognates include Sanskrit परि (pári), Latin per, Lithuanian per, English for, and Albanian për.\nThe genitive is from the PIE ablative of cause. The dative is from the locative. The accusative is like παρά (pará).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "περῐ́",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "perí",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gen",
        "2": "dat",
        "3": "acc",
        "head": "περῐ́"
      },
      "expansion": "περῐ́ • (perí) (governs the genitive, dative, and accusative)",
      "name": "grc-preposition"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "[+genitive]"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dative",
        "with-genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "[+genitive]",
        "about, concerning, because of"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "about",
          "about"
        ],
        [
          "concerning",
          "concerning"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dative",
        "with-genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "[+dative]"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dative",
        "with-genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "[+dative]",
        "around, for, about"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "around",
          "around"
        ],
        [
          "for",
          "for"
        ],
        [
          "about",
          "about"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dative",
        "with-genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "[+accusative]"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dative",
        "with-genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "[+accusative]",
        "around (both in the circular sense and close proximity sense), near, about"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "around",
          "around"
        ],
        [
          "near",
          "near"
        ],
        [
          "about",
          "about"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dative",
        "with-genitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pe.rí/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/peˈri/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/peˈri/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pe.rí/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/peˈri/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/peˈri/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/peˈri/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/peˈri/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "initial-stressed form",
      "roman": "péri",
      "word": "πέρι"
    },
    {
      "word": "περ᾽ — apocope: elision"
    },
    {
      "english": "per",
      "word": "περ — Thessalian"
    },
    {
      "word": "Delphic"
    },
    {
      "english": "par",
      "word": "παρ — Elean"
    }
  ],
  "word": "περί"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Greek lemmas",
    "Greek prepositions",
    "Greek terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Greek undefined derivations"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "el",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "περί"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek περί (perí)",
      "name": "uder"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek περί (perí).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "perí",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "el",
        "2": "preposition",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "περί • (perí)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "περί • (perí)",
      "name": "el-prep"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Greek",
  "lang_code": "el",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Greek terms with usage examples",
        "el:Mathematics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "about five hundred drachmas",
          "roman": "perí tis pentakósies drachmés",
          "text": "περί τις πεντακόσιες δραχμές",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "about, approximately"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ],
        [
          "about",
          "about"
        ],
        [
          "approximately",
          "approximately"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mathematics) about, approximately"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Greek terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I didn't know what it was about.",
          "roman": "Den íxera perí tínos prókeitai.",
          "text": "Δεν ήξερα περί τίνος πρόκειται.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "about, concerning"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "about",
          "about"
        ],
        [
          "concerning",
          "concerning"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/peˈɾi/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "perípou",
      "sense": "approximately",
      "word": "περίπου"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gia",
      "sense": "concerning",
      "word": "για"
    }
  ],
  "word": "περί"
}

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