ἐπίπλοον
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
edit- ἐπίπλοιον (epíploion), ἐπίπλοος (epíploos), ἐπίπλους (epíplous), ἐπιπόλαιον (epipólaion)
Etymology
editCompared 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”).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pí.plo.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈpi.plo.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈpi.plo.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈpi.plo.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈpi.plo.on/
Noun
editἐπῐ́πλοον • (epíploon) n (genitive ἐπῐπλόου); second declension
- (anatomy) fold of the peritoneum, omentum
- Synonym: δέρτρον (dértron)
Inflection
editCase / # | 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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Derived terms
edit- ἐπῐπλοκήλη (epiplokḗlē)
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- “ἐπίπλοον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἐπίπλοον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN