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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *péhos, from Proto-Indo-European *pésos, from *pes-. Cognates include Latin pēnis and Sanskrit पसस् (pásas).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pé.os/ → /ˈpe.os/ → /ˈpe.os/
Noun
πέος • (péos) n (genitive πέους); third declension
- penis
425 BCE,
Aristophanes,
Lysistrata 124:
- ἀφεκτέα τοίνυν ἐστὶν ἡμῖν τοῦ πέους.
τί μοι μεταστρέφεσθε; ποῖ βαδίζετε;
αὗται τί μοιμυᾶτε κἀνανεύετε;- aphektéa toínun estìn hēmîn toû péous.
tí moi metastréphesthe? poî badízete?
haûtai tí moimuâte kananeúete? - Well then, we must abstain from cock.
—Why do you turn away? Where are you off to?
Why do you grimace like that and shake your heads?
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Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πέος (péos).
Pronunciation
Noun
πέος • (péos) n (plural πέη)
- penis
Το πέος είναι το έξω γεννητικό όργανο του άρρενος τόσο στον άνθρωπο όσο και στα ζώα.- To péos eínai to éxo gennitikó órgano tou árrenos tóso ston ánthropo óso kai sta zóa.
- The penis is the external sexual organ of the male in both humans and animals.
Declension
Declension of πέος
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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πέος •
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πέη •
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genitive
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πέους •
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πεών •
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accusative
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πέος •
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πέη •
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vocative
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πέος •
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πέη •
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Synonyms
- ανδρικό μόριο n (andrikó mório, “male member”) (euphemistic)
- τσουτσούνι n (tsoutsoúni) (colloquial, childish)
- πουλί n (poulí) (colloquial, childish)
- πούτσος m (poútsos) (colloquial, vulgar)
- καυλί n (kavlí) (colloquial, vulgar)
- ψωλή f (psolí) (colloquial, vulgar)
- μαλαπέρδα f (malapérda) (colloquial, vulgar)
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