περιτόναιον

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

Noun

περιτόναιον • (peritónaion) n (genitive περιτοναίου); second declension

  1. membrane which contains the lower viscera; peritoneum

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ περιτόναιον; τοῦ περιτοναίου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ περιτόναιον
tò peritónaion 		τὼ περιτοναίω
tṑ peritonaíō 		τᾰ̀ περιτόναιᾰ
tằ peritónaiă
Genitive τοῦ περιτοναίου
toû peritonaíou 		τοῖν περιτοναίοιν
toîn peritonaíoin 		τῶν περιτοναίων
tôn peritonaíōn
Dative τῷ περιτοναίῳ
tôi peritonaíōi 		τοῖν περιτοναίοιν
toîn peritonaíoin 		τοῖς περιτοναίοις
toîs peritonaíois
Accusative τὸ περιτόναιον
tò peritónaion 		τὼ περιτοναίω
tṑ peritonaíō 		τᾰ̀ περιτόναιᾰ
tằ peritónaiă
Vocative περιτόναιον
peritónaion 		περιτοναίω
peritonaíō 		περιτόναιᾰ
peritónaiă
Notes:

Descendants

  • ⇒ Latin: peritonaeum

References

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

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