γαστροκνημία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γαστήρ (gastḗr, “paunch, belly”) +‎ κνήμη (knḗmē, “leg”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

γᾰστροκνημῐ́ᾱ • (găstroknēmĭ́ā) f (genitive γᾰστροκνημῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. (anatomy) calf of the leg

Inflection

First declension of ἡ γᾰστροκνημῐ́ᾱ; τῆς γᾰστροκνημῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ γᾰστροκνημῐ́ᾱ
hē găstroknēmĭ́ā 		τὼ γᾰστροκνημῐ́ᾱ
tṑ găstroknēmĭ́ā 		αἱ γᾰστροκνημῐ́αι
hai găstroknēmĭ́ai
Genitive τῆς γᾰστροκνημῐ́ᾱς
tês găstroknēmĭ́ās 		τοῖν γᾰστροκνημῐ́αιν
toîn găstroknēmĭ́ain 		τῶν γᾰστροκνημῐῶν
tôn găstroknēmĭôn
Dative τῇ γᾰστροκνημῐ́ᾳ
tēî găstroknēmĭ́āi 		τοῖν γᾰστροκνημῐ́αιν
toîn găstroknēmĭ́ain 		ταῖς γᾰστροκνημῐ́αις
taîs găstroknēmĭ́ais
Accusative τὴν γᾰστροκνημῐ́ᾱν
tḕn găstroknēmĭ́ān 		τὼ γᾰστροκνημῐ́ᾱ
tṑ găstroknēmĭ́ā 		τᾱ̀ς γᾰστροκνημῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s găstroknēmĭ́ās
Vocative γᾰστροκνημῐ́ᾱ
găstroknēmĭ́ā 		γᾰστροκνημῐ́ᾱ
găstroknēmĭ́ā 		γᾰστροκνημῐ́αι
găstroknēmĭ́ai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Greek: γαστροκνημία (gastroknimía)
  • → Latin: gastrocnēmius
  • → English: gastrocnemius

References

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