peripeteia | Ancient Greek Analysis with Conjugation Tables

Definition

περιπέτεια (peripeteia): A sudden reversal of fortune or circumstances in a tragedy or narrative—the turning point at which the protagonist’s situation shifts from favorable to adverse (often leading to catastrophe).

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Grammatical Analysis

"peripeteia"

Case: nominative (likely, but could also be vocative or accusative depending on context; analyzed as nominative by default)

Number: singular

Gender: feminine

Declension: first

Related Forms of περιπέτεια

2 forms discovered

Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

περιπέτεια nominative, singular, feminine περιπετειων genitive, plural, feminine

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