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δέρτρον

δέρτρον, the membrane which contains the bowels

δέρτρον, τό, (δέρω)
  • = 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 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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