περιτόναιον

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