LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininesecond declension

periodus

periodus f (genitive periodī)
Classical[pɛˈri.ɔ.dʊs]Ecclesiastical[peˈriː.o.dus]

Meaning

  1. femininea complete sentence; period
  2. femininethe circuit of the four Grecian games

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeperiodusperiodī
genitiveperiodīperiodōrum
dativeperiodōperiodīs
accusativeperiodumperiodōs
ablativeperiodōperiodīs
vocativeperiodeperiodī

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

ambitus, circuitus, comprehensio, continuatio (verborum, orationis), also simply periodus
the period.

pĕrĭŏdus (pĕrĭhŏdus, Fest. p. 217 Müll.), i, f., = περίοδος.
I. A complete sentence, a period: in toto circuitu illo orationis, quem Graeci περίοδον, nos tum ambitum, tum circuitum, tum comprehensionem, aut continuationem, aut circumscriptionem dicimus, Cic. Or. 61, 204; cf. id. Brut. 8, 34; 44, 162; Quint. 9, 4, 14; Plin. Ep. 5, 20, 4.—
II. The circuit of the four Grecian games (the Pythian, Isthmian, Nemean, and Olympian): in gymnicis certaminibus periodon vicisse dicitur, qui Pythia, Isthmia, Nemea, Olympia vicit, a circumitu eorum spectaculorum, Fest. p. 217 Müll.

Origins

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek περῐ́οδος (perĭ́odos, “going round in a circle, periodic recurrence”), from περῐ́ (perĭ́, “around”) + ὁδός (hodós, “path, road”).

Descendants
  • Catalanperíode
  • Frenchpériodefrom Middle French periode
  • Englishperiodfrom Middle French periode
  • GermanPeriodus
  • GermanPeriode
  • Italianperiodo
  • Portugueseperíodo
  • Romanianperioadă
  • Spanishperíodo
  • Turkishperiyotfrom Middle French periode

Quick answers

What does periodus mean in Latin?
periodus, a noun, means “a complete sentence; period; the circuit of the four Grecian games”.
What is the genitive of periodus?
The genitive singular is periodī. periodus is feminine, second declension.
How do you pronounce periodus?
In classical Latin, [pɛˈri.ɔ.dʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [peˈriː.o.dus].