περιτόναιον

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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περιτόναιον (peritónaionn (genitive περιτοναίου); second declension

  1. membrane which contains the lower viscera; peritoneum

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Latin: peritonaeum

References

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