περίναιον

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 • (perínaion) n (genitive περῐναίου); second declension

  1. Alternative form of περῐ́νεος (períneos).

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.
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