ἐπίπλοον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἐπίπλοιον (epíploion), ἐπίπλοος (epíploos), ἐπίπλους (epíplous), ἐπιπόλαιον (epipólaion)

Etymology

Compared to Lithuanian plėvė (“fine, thin skin”) and Proto-Slavic *plěva (“membrane”), with prefixing. The form ἐπιπόλαιον (epipólaion) arose from connection with ἐπιπόλαιος (epipólaios, “superficial, on the surface”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pí.plo.on/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.plo.on/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.plo.on/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.plo.on/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.plo.on/

Noun

ἐπῐ́πλοον • (epĭ́ploon) n (genitive ἐπῐπλόου); second declension

(anatomy) fold of the peritoneum, omentum
Synonym: δέρτρον (dértron)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἐπῐ́πλοον; τοῦ ἐπῐπλόου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐπῐ́πλοον tò epĭ́ploon	τὼ ἐπῐπλόω tṑ epĭplóō	τᾰ̀ ἐπῐ́πλοᾰ tằ epĭ́ploă
Genitive	τοῦ ἐπῐπλόου toû epĭplóou	τοῖν ἐπῐπλόοιν toîn epĭplóoin	τῶν ἐπῐπλόων tôn epĭplóōn
Dative	τῷ ἐπῐπλόῳ tōî epĭplóōi	τοῖν ἐπῐπλόοιν toîn epĭplóoin	τοῖς ἐπῐπλόοις toîs epĭplóois
Accusative	τὸ ἐπῐ́πλοον tò epĭ́ploon	τὼ ἐπῐπλόω tṑ epĭplóō	τᾰ̀ ἐπῐ́πλοᾰ tằ epĭ́ploă
Vocative	ἐπῐ́πλοον epĭ́ploon	ἐπῐπλόω epĭplóō	ἐπῐ́πλοᾰ epĭ́ploă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἐπῐπλοκήλη (epĭplokḗlē)

Descendants

→ Catalan: epipló
→ English: epiploon