σαρκοκήλη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”) + κήλη (kḗlē, “tumour, hernia”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sar.ko.kɛ̌ː.lɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /sar.koˈke̝.le̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /sar.koˈci.li/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /sar.koˈci.li/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sar.koˈci.li/
Noun
σᾰρκοκήλη • (sărkokḗlē) f (genitive σᾰρκοκήλης); first declension
- (oncology) sarcocele, a fleshy excrescence on the testicles
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ σᾰρκοκήλη hē sărkokḗlē |
τὼ σᾰρκοκήλᾱ tṑ sărkokḗlā |
αἱ σᾰρκοκῆλαι hai sărkokêlai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς σᾰρκοκήλης tês sărkokḗlēs |
τοῖν σᾰρκοκήλαιν toîn sărkokḗlain |
τῶν σᾰρκοκηλῶν tôn sărkokēlôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ σᾰρκοκήλῃ tēî sărkokḗlēi |
τοῖν σᾰρκοκήλαιν toîn sărkokḗlain |
ταῖς σᾰρκοκήλαις taîs sărkokḗlais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν σᾰρκοκήλην tḕn sărkokḗlēn |
τὼ σᾰρκοκήλᾱ tṑ sărkokḗlā |
τᾱ̀ς σᾰρκοκήλᾱς tā̀s sărkokḗlās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σᾰρκοκήλη sărkokḗlē |
σᾰρκοκήλᾱ sărkokḗlā |
σᾰρκοκῆλαι sărkokêlai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- σᾰρκοκηλῐκός (sărkokēlĭkós)
Descendants
- → English: sarcocele
Further reading
- “σαρκοκήλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σαρκοκήλη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette