περίναιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From περίνεος, περίνεοι (períneos, períneoi, “male genitals”), itself from earlier περίς (perís, “penis”) through influence from πηρίς (pērís, “scrotum”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pe.rí.nai̯.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /peˈri.nɛ.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /peˈri.nɛ.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /peˈri.ne.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /peˈri.ne.on/
Noun
περίναιον • (perínaion) n (genitive περῐναίου); second declension
- alternative form of περῐ́νεος (perĭ́neos)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ περῐ́ναιον tò perĭ́naion |
τὼ περῐναίω tṑ perĭnaíō |
τᾰ̀ περῐ́ναιᾰ tằ perĭ́naiă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ περῐναίου toû perĭnaíou |
τοῖν περῐναίοιν toîn perĭnaíoin |
τῶν περῐναίων tôn perĭnaíōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ περῐναίῳ tōî perĭnaíōi |
τοῖν περῐναίοιν toîn perĭnaíoin |
τοῖς περῐναίοις toîs perĭnaíois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ περῐ́ναιον tò perĭ́naion |
τὼ περῐναίω tṑ perĭnaíō |
τᾰ̀ περῐ́ναιᾰ tằ perĭ́naiă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | περῐ́ναιον perĭ́naion |
περῐναίω perĭnaíō |
περῐ́ναιᾰ perĭ́naiă | ||||||||||
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Descendants
→ Late Latin: perinaeum
- French: périnée, perinæe (obsolete)
- Italian: perineo
- Spanish: perineo
- → English: perinaeum
- → German: Perinäum
Further reading
- Simkin, Oliver. 2016. "Περίς, πηρίς y περίναιος." Emerita: Revista de Lingüística y Filología Clásica, 84.2: 353-362.