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”).
ἐπῐ́πλοον • (epíploon) n (genitive ἐπῐπλόου); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||
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