περιτόναιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From περιτόναιος (peritónaios), from περίτονος (perítonos, “covered with something stretched over”) +‎ -αιος (-aios, suffix to form an adjective).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pe.ri.tó.nai̯.on/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pe.riˈto.nɛ.on/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pe.riˈto.nɛ.on/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pe.riˈto.ne.on/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pe.riˈto.ne.on/

Noun

περιτόναιον • (peritónaion) n (genitive περιτοναίου); second declension

membrane which contains the lower viscera; peritoneum

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ περιτόναιον; τοῦ περιτοναίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ περιτόναιον tò peritónaion	τὼ περιτοναίω tṑ peritonaíō	τᾰ̀ περιτόναιᾰ tà peritónaia
Genitive	τοῦ περιτοναίου toû peritonaíou	τοῖν περιτοναίοιν toîn peritonaíoin	τῶν περιτοναίων tôn peritonaíōn
Dative	τῷ περιτοναίῳ tôi peritonaíōi	τοῖν περιτοναίοιν toîn peritonaíoin	τοῖς περιτοναίοις toîs peritonaíois
Accusative	τὸ περιτόναιον tò peritónaion	τὼ περιτοναίω tṑ peritonaíō	τᾰ̀ περιτόναιᾰ tà peritónaia
Vocative	περιτόναιον peritónaion	περιτοναίω peritonaíō	περιτόναιᾰ peritónaia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

⇒ Latin: peritonaeum
- → English: peritoneum

References

“περιτόναιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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