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δέρτρον

dertron

7) δέρτρον, « partie du péritoine, épiploon » (Od

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1. δέρτρον · dertron — Chantraine

7) δέρτρον, « partie du péritoine, épiploon » (Od. 11,579, Hp., Antim.), mais le mot a été compris faussement «qui déchire, bec», cf. EM 257,31, Lyc. 880, pour le -suffixe, cf. ἦτρον, κάλυπτρον ; enfin chez Hsch. δέρτρα ” — [Chantraine, s.v. δέρτρον, p. 280]

2. δέρτρον · dertron — LSJ

caul, membrane which contains the bowels, the bowels

= ἐπίπλους, caul or membrane which contains the bowels, χολάδας δέρτροισι καλύψεις Antim. 45, cf. Hp. Epid. 5.26; γῦπε . . δέρτρον ἔσω δύνοντες even to the bowels, Od. 11.579.

II beak, a sharp point

in Od. l.c., δέρτρον is expld. by Gramm., as EM 257.31, etc., of the vultureʼs beak: hence, of a sharp point, Lyc. 880.

III

pl., = τύμπανα, Hsch.

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  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. δέρτρον (scan p. 280; entry #1922).

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