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|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">leather bag, knapsack</b> (Od., Ar.).<br />Other forms: Ion. <b class="b3">-η</b>.<br />Compounds: As 1. member in <b class="b3">πηρό-δετος</b> (<b class="b3">ἱμάς</b>) <b class="b2">binding a knapsack</b> or <b class="b2">bound around the knapsack</b>? (AP; on the poss. act. meaning of the 2. member cf. <b class="b3">ὀδυνή-φατος</b>).<br />Derivatives: Diminutive <b class="b3">πηρίδιον</b> n. (Ar., Men.); also <b class="b3">πηρ-ίς</b> or <b class="b3">-ίν</b>, <b class="b3">-ῖνος</b> f. [[scrotum]] (Nic.; on the formation Schwyzer 465); enlarged <b class="b3">-ίνα</b> f. (Gal.) = <b class="b3">περί-ναιον</b> (in the meaning influenced by it; cf. s. v.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: Unexplained; cf. on [[θύλακος]] and [[σάκκος]]. -- Furnée 152 compares <b class="b3">βηρίδες ὑποδήματα</b>, <b class="b3">α ἡμεἶς ἐμβάδες λέγομεν</b> H. and <b class="b3">περι-βαρίδες</b> <b class="b2">womens shoes</b>; he further mentions Lat. [[pero]] <b class="b2">soldiers shoes</b> and pre-Rom. <b class="b2">*barr-</b> <b class="b2">small vase</b>.

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