ἀορτή

See also: αορτή

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 10 June 2014

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂wortéh₂, from *h₂wer- (whence ἀείρω (aeírō, “to raise, lift, hang”)).

ᾰ̓ορτή • (ăortḗ) f (genitive ᾰ̓ορτῆς); first declension

(in the plural) the lower extremities of the windpipe
- 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates of Kos, de locis 415
1. (in the singular) aorta, the artery which proceeds from the left ventricle
  - 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 1.17.14
  - 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 3.3.7
  - 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 3.5.1
  1. (in the plural) the arteries
    - ante 177 CE, Pollux, Onomasticon 2.205
a knapsack that hangs from the shoulders
- 342 BCE – 290 BCE, Menander, The Woman-Hater 11
- 342 BCE – 291 BCE, Diphilus, The Claimant 1
- 316 BCE – 250 BCE, Posidippus Comicus, Harmost 1

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓ορτή; τῆς ᾰ̓ορτῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓ορτή hē ăortḗ	τὼ ᾰ̓ορτᾱ́ tṑ ăortā́	αἱ ᾰ̓ορταί hai ăortaí
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓ορτῆς tês ăortês	τοῖν ᾰ̓ορταῖν toîn ăortaîn	τῶν ᾰ̓ορτῶν tôn ăortôn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓ορτῇ tēî ăortēî	τοῖν ᾰ̓ορταῖν toîn ăortaîn	ταῖς ᾰ̓ορταῖς taîs ăortaîs
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓ορτήν tḕn ăortḗn	τὼ ᾰ̓ορτᾱ́ tṑ ăortā́	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓ορτᾱ́ς tā̀s ăortā́s
Vocative	ᾰ̓ορτή ăortḗ	ᾰ̓ορτᾱ́ ăortā́	ᾰ̓ορταί ăortaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.