περίναιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From περίνεος, περίνεοι (períneos, períneoi, “male genitals”), itself from earlier περίς (perís, “penis”) through influence from πηρίς (pērís, “scrotum”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pe.rí.nai̯.on/ → /peˈri.nɛ.on/ → /peˈri.ne.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pe.rí.nai̯.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /peˈri.nɛ.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /peˈri.nɛ.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /peˈri.ne.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /peˈri.ne.on/

Noun

περίναιον • (perínaion) n (genitive περῐναίου); second declension

1. Alternative form of περῐ́νεος (períneos).

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ περῐ́ναιον; τοῦ περῐναίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ περῐ́ναιον tò perínaion	τὼ περῐναίω tṑ perinaíō	τᾰ̀ περῐ́ναιᾰ tà perínaia
Genitive	τοῦ περῐναίου toû perinaíou	τοῖν περῐναίοιν toîn perinaíoin	τῶν περῐναίων tôn perinaíōn
Dative	τῷ περῐναίῳ tôi perinaíōi	τοῖν περῐναίοιν toîn perinaíoin	τοῖς περῐναίοις toîs perinaíois
Accusative	τὸ περῐ́ναιον tò perínaion	τὼ περῐναίω tṑ perinaíō	τᾰ̀ περῐ́ναιᾰ tà perínaia
Vocative	περῐ́ναιον perínaion	περῐναίω perinaíō	περῐ́ναιᾰ perínaia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Late Latin: perinaeum

• French: périnée, perinæe
  • → Persian: پرینه (perine)
  • → Spanish: periné
  • → Turkish: perine
• 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.