peridium

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

A New Latin form of Ancient Greek πηρίδιον (pērídion, “little pouch”).

Three cold on earth the Trojan hero threw, Whom without respite at one charge he slew: Cethegus, Tanais, Tagus, fell oppress’d, And sad Onythes, added to the rest, Of Theban blood, whom Peridia bore. — The Aeneid, Virgil

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