trachia

Latin

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek τρᾱχεῖα (trākheîa, “jagged, rugged, rough”), ellipsis of τρᾱχεῖα ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (trākheîa ărtērĭ́ā, “rough artery”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [traːˈkʰiː.a]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t̪raˈkiː.a]

Noun

trāchīa f (genitive trāchīae); first declension (Late Latin)

(anatomy) the windpipe, trachea

Inflection

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	trāchīa	trāchīae
genitive	trāchīae	trāchīārum
dative	trāchīae	trāchīīs
accusative	trāchīam	trāchīās
ablative	trāchīā	trāchīīs
vocative	trāchīa	trāchīae

Descendants

Medieval Latin: trāchēa
- Middle English:
  - English: trachea

References

“trachia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
trachia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.