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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πέτρος (pétros, “rock”) + σέλινον (sélinon, “celery”). So called because of being used to treat calculi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pe.tro.sé.liː.non/ → /pe.troˈse.li.non/ → /pe.troˈse.li.non/
Noun
πετροσέλῑνον • (petrosélīnon) n (genitive πετροσελίνου); second declension
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Inflection
Descendants
References
- “πετροσέλινον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πετροσέλινον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “πετροσέλινον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- (no entry for the specified headword) Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- πετροσέλινον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette