English

Noun

perizoma

1. 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)

1. G-string, thong
2. loincloth

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek περίζωμα ‎(perízōma).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /peɾiˈdzoːma/

Noun

perizōma n ‎(genitive perizōmatis); third declension

1. girdle

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

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)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “perizoma”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.