περιστόμιος

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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περῐ- (peri-, around, about) +‎ στόμῐον (stómion, small mouth, mouth of a vessel, any aperture or opening, ornament for the neck) +‎ -ος (-os, adjective ending)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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περῐστόμῐος (peristómiosm or f (neuter περῐστόμῐον); second declension

  1. round a mouth or aperture
    • C.E. 176–180, Oppian, Halieutica 3.602–604:[1]
      [] οὐδέ τι μῆχος / ἐκφυγέειν, δεσμῷ δὲ περιστομίῳ μογέοντες / ἕλκονται ποτὶ χέρσον ὑπ’ ἀφραδίῃσιν ἁλόντες.
      [] oudé ti mêkhos / ekphugéein, desmôi dè peristomíōi mogéontes / hélkontai potì khérson hup’ aphradíēisin halóntes.

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