perizoma

English

Etymology

Latin perizoma

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɛɹɪˈzəʊmə/

Noun

perizoma

A loincloth worn by men and women in ancient Greece.
- 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!:
  The traveller was in Erewhonian clothes to keep him inconspicuous, a conical felt hat with owl feather, yellow tabard, tasselled perizoma, belled sandals, and umbrella.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin.

Noun

perizoma m (plural perizomi)

G-string, thong
loincloth

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek περίζωμα (perízōma).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /peɾiˈdzoːma/

Noun

perizōma n (genitive perizōmatis); third declension

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	perizōma	perizōmata
genitive	perizōmatis	perizōmatum
dative	perizōmatī	perizōmatibus
accusative	perizōma	perizōmata
ablative	perizōmate	perizōmatibus
vocative	perizōma	perizōmata

References

perizoma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
perizoma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
perizoma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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