περισταλτικός

Ancient Greek

edit

Etymology

edit

From περιστέλλω (peristéllō, I wrap up) +‎ -ικός (-ikós, suffix to form an adjective).

Pronunciation

edit
 

Adjective

edit

περισταλτικός (peristaltikósm (feminine περισταλτική, neuter περισταλτικόν); first/second declension

  1. clasping and compressing; δύναμις περισταλτική (dúnamis peristaltikḗ), the peristaltic action of the bowels, by which their contents are propelled.

Inflection

edit

Descendants

edit
  • English: peristalsis

References

edit

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