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 • (epĭ́ploon) n (genitive ἐπῐπλόου); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | τὸ ἐπῐ́πλοον tò epĭ́ploon |
τὼ ἐπῐπλόω tṑ epĭplóō |
τᾰ̀ ἐπῐ́πλοᾰ tằ epĭ́ploă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἐπῐπλόου toû epĭplóou |
τοῖν ἐπῐπλόοιν toîn epĭplóoin |
τῶν ἐπῐπλόων tôn epĭplóōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἐπῐπλόῳ tôi epĭplóōi |
τοῖν ἐπῐπλόοιν toîn epĭplóoin |
τοῖς ἐπῐπλόοις toîs epĭplóois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ἐπῐ́πλοον tò epĭ́ploon |
τὼ ἐπῐπλόω tṑ epĭplóō |
τᾰ̀ ἐπῐ́πλοᾰ tằ epĭ́ploă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἐπῐ́πλοον epĭ́ploon |
ἐπῐπλόω epĭplóō |
ἐπῐ́πλοᾰ epĭ́ploă | ||||||||||
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