περίναιον

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From περίνεος, περίνεοι (períneos, períneoi, male genitals), itself from earlier περίς (perís, penis) through influence from πηρίς (pērís, scrotum).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

περίναιον (perínaionn (genitive περῐναίου); second declension

  1. Alternative form of περῐ́νεος (perĭ́neos).

Inflection

Descendants

Late Latin: perinaeum

Further reading

  • Simkin, Oliver. 2016. "Περίς, πηρίς y περίναιος." Emerita: Revista de Lingüística y Filología Clásica, 84.2: 353-362.