περίνεος

See also: περίνεως

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• περῐ́ναιον (perĭ́naion), περῐ́ναιος (perĭ́naios)

Etymology

From περίς (perís, “penis”) through influence from πηρίς (pērís, “scrotum”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pe.rí.ne.os/ → /peˈri.ne.os/ → /peˈri.ne.os/

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

Noun

περίνεος • (períneos) m (genitive περῐνέου); second declension

1. (anatomy) Space between the anus and scrotum/vulva; perineum.
2. (anatomy) Male genital organs.

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ περῐ́νεος; τοῦ περῐνέου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ περῐ́νεος ho perĭ́neos	τὼ περῐνέω tṑ perĭnéō	οἱ περῐ́νεοι hoi perĭ́neoi
Genitive	τοῦ περῐνέου toû perĭnéou	τοῖν περῐνέοιν toîn perĭnéoin	τῶν περῐνέων tôn perĭnéōn
Dative	τῷ περῐνέῳ tôi perĭnéōi	τοῖν περῐνέοιν toîn perĭnéoin	τοῖς περῐνέοις toîs perĭnéois
Accusative	τὸν περῐ́νεον tòn perĭ́neon	τὼ περῐνέω tṑ perĭnéō	τοὺς περῐνέους toùs perĭnéous
Vocative	περῐ́νεε perĭ́nee	περῐνέω perĭnéō	περῐ́νεοι perĭ́neoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Greek: περίνεο (períneo)

References

• περίνεος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “περίνεος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Simkin, Oliver. 2016. "Περίς, πηρίς y περίναιος." Emerita: Revista de Lingüística y Filología Clásica, 84.2: 353-362.