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 perízōma	τὼ περῐζώμᾰτε tṑ perizṓmate	τᾰ̀ περῐζώμᾰτᾰ tà perizṓmata
Genitive	τοῦ περῐζώμᾰτος toû perizṓmatos	τοῖν περῐζωμᾰ́τοιν toîn perizōmátoin	τῶν περῐζωμᾰ́των tôn perizōmátōn
Dative	τῷ περῐζώμᾰτῐ tôi perizṓmati	τοῖν περῐζωμᾰ́τοιν toîn perizōmátoin	τοῖς περῐζώμᾰσῐ / περῐζώμᾰσῐν toîs perizṓmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ περῐ́ζωμᾰ tò perízōma	τὼ περῐζώμᾰτε tṑ perizṓmate	τᾰ̀ περῐζώμᾰτᾰ tà perizṓmata
Vocative	περῐ́ζωμᾰ perízōma	περῐζώμᾰτε perizṓmate	περῐζώμᾰτᾰ perizṓmata
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