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a suffix occurring in some Latin scientific names (peritoneum), and in the corresponding loanwords in English (petroleum).

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How to use -eum in a sentence

Cum autem tanta signa fecisset, non credebant in eum, ut sermo Isaye impleretur.
The Thoughts of Blaise Pascal|Blaise Pascal
Quam qui infringere vel minuere presumpserit, extrahat eum dominus et evertat de terra viventium cum omni posteritate sua.
A Legend of Reading Abbey|Charles MacFarlane
Sed tamen ibi positus, si confitetur peccata Deo suo, non super eum claudet puteus os suum, Op.
Selections from Early Middle English 1130-1250: Part II: Notes|Various
Non super eum ibimus, nec super eum mittemus, nisi per legale judicium parium suorum, vel per legem terr.
View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 (of 3)|Henry Hallam

Viderant enim eum subinde aliquid illi in aurem insusurrare.
History of the Great Reformation, Volume IV|J. H. Merle D'Aubign