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 (peritónaionn (genitive περιτοναίου); second declension

  1. membrane which contains the lower viscera; peritoneum

Inflection

Descendants

  • Latin: peritonaeum

References

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