perizoma

English

Etymology

From Latin perizoma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛɹɪˈzəʊmə/

Noun

perizoma

1. A loincloth worn by men and women in ancient Greece.
   • 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!:

     The traveller was in Erewhonian clothes to keep him inconspicuous, a conical felt hat with owl feather, yellow tabard, tasselled perizoma, belled sandals, and umbrella.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin perizoma.

Noun

perizoma m (plural perizomi)

1. G-string, thong
2. loincloth

Anagrams

• zomperai

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek περίζωμα (perízōma).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pe.rizˈzoː.ma/, [pɛrɪz̪ˈd̪͡z̪oːmä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pe.ridˈd͡zo.ma/, [perid̪ˈd̪͡z̪ɔːmä]

Noun

perizōma n (genitive perizōmatis); third declension

1. girdle
2. loincloth
3. apron

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	perizōma	perizōmata
Genitive	perizōmatis	perizōmatum
Dative	perizōmatī	perizōmatibus
Accusative	perizōma	perizōmata
Ablative	perizōmate	perizōmatibus
Vocative	perizōma	perizōmata

References

• “perizoma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• perizoma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• perizoma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.