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 (perĭ́neos).

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ περῐ́ναιον; τοῦ περῐναίου (Attic)

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 tôi 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
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 (obsolete)
  • → 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.