παρέγχυμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πᾰρᾰ- (pără-, “beside”) +‎ ἔγχῠμα (énkhŭma, “instillation, content of a vessel”), from ἐν (en, “in, into”) +‎ χέω (khéō, “to pour”) +‎ -μᾰ (-mă, nominal suffix), given by the Greek anatomist Erasistratus to the peculiar substance of the lungs, liver, kidneys, and spleen, as if formed separately by the veins that run into them.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.réŋ.kʰy.ma/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /paˈreŋ.kʰy.ma/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /paˈreɲ.çy.ma/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /paˈreɲ.çy.ma/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /paˈreɲ.çi.ma/

Noun

πᾰρέγχῠμᾰ • (părénkhŭmă) n (genitive πᾰρεγχῠ́μᾰτος); third declension

(anatomy) Anything poured in beside.

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ πᾰρέγχῠμᾰ; τοῦ πᾰρεγχῠ́μᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πᾰρέγχῠμᾰ tò părénkhŭmă	τὼ πᾰρεγχῠ́μᾰτε tṑ părenkhŭ́măte	τᾰ̀ πᾰρεγχῠ́μᾰτᾰ tằ părenkhŭ́mătă
Genitive	τοῦ πᾰρεγχῠ́μᾰτος toû părenkhŭ́mătos	τοῖν πᾰρεγχῠμᾰ́τοιν toîn părenkhŭmắtoin	τῶν πᾰρεγχῠμᾰ́των tôn părenkhŭmắtōn
Dative	τῷ πᾰρεγχῠ́μᾰτῐ tōî părenkhŭ́mătĭ	τοῖν πᾰρεγχῠμᾰ́τοιν toîn părenkhŭmắtoin	τοῖς πᾰρεγχῠ́μᾰσῐ / πᾰρεγχῠ́μᾰσῐν toîs părenkhŭ́măsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ πᾰρέγχῠμᾰ tò părénkhŭmă	τὼ πᾰρεγχῠ́μᾰτε tṑ părenkhŭ́măte	τᾰ̀ πᾰρεγχῠ́μᾰτᾰ tằ părenkhŭ́mătă
Vocative	πᾰρέγχῠμᾰ părénkhŭmă	πᾰρεγχῠ́μᾰτε părenkhŭ́măte	πᾰρεγχῠ́μᾰτᾰ părenkhŭ́mătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ English: parenchyma
→ Spanish: parénquima

References

“παρέγχυμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press