• πέρῐ(pérĭ) —initial-stressed form
• περ’(per’) —apocopic
• περ(per) —Thessalian, Delphic
• πᾰρ(păr) —Elean

FromProto-Indo-European*peri(“in crossing; in passing”), locative singular of*per-(“before; in front”). Cognates includeSanskritपरि॑(pári),Latinper,Lithuanianper,Englishfor, andAlbanianpër.^[1]

The genitive is from the PIE ablative of cause; the dative is from the locative; the accusative is likeπᾰρᾰ́(părắ).

περῐ́• (perĭ́) (governs thegenitive,dative, andaccusative)

1. [withgenitive]
   1. about;concerning; because of
2. [withdative]
   1. around;for;about
3. [withaccusative]
   1. around;near;about

• Greek:περί(perí)
• → Dutch:peri-
• → English:peri-
• → Finnish:peri-
• → French:péri-
• → Italian:peri-
• → Spanish:peri-

• “περί”, inLiddell & Scott (1940),A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “περί”, inLiddell & Scott (1889),An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “περί”, inAutenrieth, Georg (1891),A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• περί inBailly, Anatole (1935),Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001),A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• περί inCunliffe, Richard J. (1924),A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published1963
• “περί”, inSlater, William J. (1969),Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G4012 inStrong, James (1979),Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• περί inTrapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007),Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910),English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • about idem, page 2.
  • allude to idem, page 25.
  • allusion idem, page 25.
  • around idem, page 40.
  • busily idem, page 106.
  • busy idem, page 106.
  • coil idem, page 142.
  • concerning idem, page 155.
  • endanger idem, page 272.
  • engage idem, page 274.
  • fear idem, page 312.
  • for idem, page 334.
  • hazard idem, page 389.
  • imperil idem, page 420.
  • jeopardise idem, page 462.
  • kick idem, page 468.
  • mention idem, page 524.
  • near idem, page 553.
  • nearly idem, page 553.
  • negotiate idem, page 555.
  • occupy idem, page 568.
  • of idem, page 569.
  • over idem, page 584.
  • pore over idem, page 627.
  • record idem, page 681.
  • reform idem, page 685.
  • respect idem, page 703.
  • respecting idem, page 703.
  • revolutionise idem, page 711.
  • risk idem, page 717.
  • round idem, page 722.
  • stake idem, page 809.
  • study idem, page 829.
  • towards idem, page 884.
  • venture idem, page 947.
  • wind idem, page 980.

FromAncient Greekπερί(perí).

• IPA^(key): /peˈɾi/

περί• (perí)

1. (mathematics)about,approximately

   περί τις πεντακόσιες δραχμές

   perí tis pentakósies drachmés

   about five hundred drachmas

2. about,concerning

   Δεν ήξεραπερί τίνος πρόκειται.

   Den íxeraperí tínos prókeitai.

   I didn't know what it was about.

• In the second sense, the noun following this preposition always uses thegenitive case.

• (approximately):περίπου(perípou)
• (concerning):για(gia)

• περί, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at theCentre for the Greek language

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