περιστόμιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

περῐ- (perĭ-, around, about) +‎ στόμῐον (stómĭon, small mouth, mouth of a vessel, any aperture or opening, ornament for the neck) +‎ -ος (-os, adjective ending)

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Adjective

περῐστόμῐος • (perĭstómĭosm or f (neuter περῐστόμῐον); second declension

  1. round a mouth or aperture
    • C.E. 176–180, Oppian, Halieutica 3.602–604:[1]
      [] οὐδέ τι μῆχος / ἐκφυγέειν, δεσμῷ δὲ περιστομίῳ μογέοντες / ἕλκονται ποτὶ χέρσον ὑπ’ ἀφραδίῃσιν ἁλόντες.
      [] oudé ti mêkhos / ekphugéein, desmōî dè peristomíōi mogéontes / hélkontai potì khérson hup’ aphradíēisin halóntes.
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