καρωτίδες
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From κᾰρόω (karóō, “to plunge into deep sleep or torpor”) + -τῐ́δες (-tídes, plural nominal suffix), from the fact that the carotid artery supplies blood to the brain, and interruption of this flow causes loss of consciousness.
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ka.rɔː.tí.des/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ka.roˈti.des/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ka.roˈti.ðes/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ka.roˈti.ðes/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ka.roˈti.ðes/
Noun edit
κᾰρωτῐ́δες • (karōtídes) f pl (genitive κᾰρωτῐ́δων); third declension
Inflection edit
Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | αἱ κᾰρωτῐ́δες hai karōtídes | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῶν κᾰρωτῐ́δων tôn karōtídōn | ||||||||||||
Dative | ταῖς κᾰρωτῐ́σῐ / κᾰρωτῐ́σῐν taîs karōtísi(n) | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τᾱ̀ς κᾰρωτῐ́δᾰς tā̀s karōtídas | ||||||||||||
Vocative | κᾰρωτῐ́δες karōtídes | ||||||||||||
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Descendants edit
References edit
- “καρωτίδες”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press