περίζωμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From περι- (peri-) +‎ ζῶμα (zôma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pe.ríz.dɔː.ma/ → /peˈri.zo.ma/ → /peˈri.zo.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pe.ríz.dɔː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /peˈri.zo.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /peˈri.zo.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /peˈri.zo.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /peˈri.zo.ma/

Noun

περίζωμα • (perízōma) n (genitive περιζώματος); third declension

1. A loincloth worn around the waist

Declension

Third declension of τὸ περῐ́ζωμᾰ; τοῦ περῐζώμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ περῐ́ζωμᾰ tò perĭ́zōmă	τὼ περῐζώμᾰτε tṑ perĭzṓmăte	τᾰ̀ περῐζώμᾰτᾰ tằ perĭzṓmătă
Genitive	τοῦ περῐζώμᾰτος toû perĭzṓmătos	τοῖν περῐζωμᾰ́τοιν toîn perĭzōmắtoin	τῶν περῐζωμᾰ́των tôn perĭzōmắtōn
Dative	τῷ περῐζώμᾰτῐ tôi perĭzṓmătĭ	τοῖν περῐζωμᾰ́τοιν toîn perĭzōmắtoin	τοῖς περῐζώμᾰσῐ / περῐζώμᾰσῐν toîs perĭzṓmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ περῐ́ζωμᾰ tò perĭ́zōmă	τὼ περῐζώμᾰτε tṑ perĭzṓmăte	τᾰ̀ περῐζώμᾰτᾰ tằ perĭzṓmătă
Vocative	περῐ́ζωμᾰ perĭ́zōmă	περῐζώμᾰτε perĭzṓmăte	περῐζώμᾰτᾰ perĭzṓmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: perizoma
  • → English: perizoma
  • → Italian: perizoma

References

• “περίζωμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “περίζωμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• περίζωμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette