peristylium

Latin
in peristȳliō (in the peristyle).

Etymology

From Ancient Greek περιστῡ́λιον (peristū́lion).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /pe.risˈtyː.li.um/, [pɛrɪs̠ˈt̪yːlʲiʊ̃ˑ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pe.risˈti.li.um/, [perisˈt̪iːlium]
  • Audio (Ecclesiastical)(file)

Noun

peristȳlium n (genitive peristȳliī or peristȳlī); second declension

  1. a peristyle, an open interior space surrounded by columns.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative peristȳlium peristȳlia
Genitive peristȳliī
peristȳlī1		 peristȳliōrum
Dative peristȳliō peristȳliīs
Accusative peristȳlium peristȳlia
Ablative peristȳliō peristȳliīs
Vocative peristȳlium peristȳlia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants
  • English: peristyle
  • Italian: peristilio

References
  • “peristylium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • peristylium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • “peristylium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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