περιτόναιον

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Ancient Greek[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Noun[edit]

περιτόναιον (peritónaionn (genitive περιτοναίου); second declension

  1. membrane which contains the lower viscera; peritoneum

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Latin: peritonaeum

References[edit]

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