ἐγκοίλια
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Neuter plural form of ἐγκοίλῐος (enkoílĭos, “in the belly”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /eŋ.kǒi̯.li.a/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eŋˈky.li.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eɲˈɟy.li.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eɲˈɟy.li.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eɲˈɟi.li.a/
Noun
ἐγκοίλῐᾰ • (enkoílĭă) n pl (genitive ἐγκοιλῐ́ων); second declension
- (anatomy) intestines
- Synonym: ἔντερον (énteron)
- ribs of a ship, belly-timbers
Declension
| Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | τᾰ̀ ἐγκοίλῐᾰ tằ enkoílĭă | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῶν ἐγκοιλῐ́ων tôn enkoilĭ́ōn | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τοῖς ἐγκοιλῐ́οις toîs enkoilĭ́ois | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τᾰ̀ ἐγκοίλῐᾰ tằ enkoílĭă | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | ἐγκοίλῐᾰ enkoílĭă | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἐγκοίλια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἐγκοίλια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐγκοίλιος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)