οἰσοφάγος

See also: οισοφάγος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From οἴσω (oísō, “I will bear”) (future infinitive of φέρω (phérō, “to bring, bear”)) + ἔφαγον (éphagon, “I ate”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

οἰσοφᾰ́γος • (oisophắgos) m (genitive οἰσοφᾰ́γου); second declension

  1. oesophagus, gullet

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ οἰσοφᾰ́γος; τοῦ οἰσοφᾰ́γου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ οἰσοφᾰ́γος
ho oisophắgos 		τὼ οἰσοφᾰ́γω
tṑ oisophắgō 		οἱ οἰσοφᾰ́γοι
hoi oisophắgoi
Genitive τοῦ οἰσοφᾰ́γου
toû oisophắgou 		τοῖν οἰσοφᾰ́γοιν
toîn oisophắgoin 		τῶν οἰσοφᾰ́γων
tôn oisophắgōn
Dative τῷ οἰσοφᾰ́γῳ
tōî oisophắgōi 		τοῖν οἰσοφᾰ́γοιν
toîn oisophắgoin 		τοῖς οἰσοφᾰ́γοις
toîs oisophắgois
Accusative τὸν οἰσοφᾰ́γον
tòn oisophắgon 		τὼ οἰσοφᾰ́γω
tṑ oisophắgō 		τοὺς οἰσοφᾰ́γους
toùs oisophắgous
Vocative οἰσοφᾰ́γε
oisophắge 		οἰσοφᾰ́γω
oisophắgō 		οἰσοφᾰ́γοι
oisophắgoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → English: oesophagus
  • → French: œsophage
  • Greek: οισοφάγος (oisofágos)

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