COMPOUND: περικτίονες, -όνων
CATEGORIZATION: N [Adv+V+Suf]
MEANING: ‘dwellers around, neighbours‘
ETYMOLOGY: περί ’round about, all round’ + verb root κτι- (κτίζω) ‘build houses and cities in‘ + noun suf. -ων
OCCURRENCE: Il. XVII, 220; XVIII, 212; XIX, 104, 109; Od. II, 65; XI, 288.
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: gen. m. pl., dat. pl., acc. pl.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: determinative – karmadhāraya
NOTES: only m. pl.