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

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pí.plo.on/ → /eˈpi.plo.on/ → /eˈpi.plo.on/

• (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 • (epíploon) n (genitive ἐπῐπλόου); second declension

1. (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 epíploon	τὼ ἐπῐπλόω tṑ epiplóō	τᾰ̀ ἐπῐ́πλοᾰ tà epíploa
Genitive	τοῦ ἐπῐπλόου toû epiplóou	τοῖν ἐπῐπλόοιν toîn epiplóoin	τῶν ἐπῐπλόων tôn epiplóōn
Dative	τῷ ἐπῐπλόῳ tôi epiplóōi	τοῖν ἐπῐπλόοιν toîn epiplóoin	τοῖς ἐπῐπλόοις toîs epiplóois
Accusative	τὸ ἐπῐ́πλοον tò epíploon	τὼ ἐπῐπλόω tṑ epiplóō	τᾰ̀ ἐπῐ́πλοᾰ tà epíploa
Vocative	ἐπῐ́πλοον epíploon	ἐπῐπλόω epiplóō	ἐπῐ́πλοᾰ epíploa
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐπῐπλοκήλη (epiplokḗlē)

Descendants

• → Catalan: epipló
• → English: epiploon

Further reading

• “ἐπίπλοον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐπίπλοον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN