μεσεντέριον
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From μεσο- (meso-, “in the middle of”) + ἔντερον (énteron, “gut, bowel”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /me.sen.té.ri.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /me.senˈte.ri.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /me.senˈte.ri.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /me.senˈte.ri.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /me.senˈde.ri.on/
Noun edit
μεσεντέρῐον • (mesentérion) n (genitive μεσεντερῐ́ου); second declension
- (anatomy) Membrane to which the intestines are attached, mesentery.
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ μεσεντέρῐον tò mesentérion |
τὼ μεσεντερῐ́ω tṑ mesenteríō |
τᾰ̀ μεσεντέρῐᾰ tà mesentéria | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ μεσεντερῐ́ου toû mesenteríou |
τοῖν μεσεντερῐ́οιν toîn mesenteríoin |
τῶν μεσεντερῐ́ων tôn mesenteríōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ μεσεντερῐ́ῳ tôi mesenteríōi |
τοῖν μεσεντερῐ́οιν toîn mesenteríoin |
τοῖς μεσεντερῐ́οις toîs mesenteríois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ μεσεντέρῐον tò mesentérion |
τὼ μεσεντερῐ́ω tṑ mesenteríō |
τᾰ̀ μεσεντέρῐᾰ tà mesentéria | ||||||||||
Vocative | μεσεντέρῐον mesentérion |
μεσεντερῐ́ω mesenteríō |
μεσεντέρῐᾰ mesentéria | ||||||||||
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Descendants edit
- → Greek: μεσεντέριο (mesentério)
- → Latin: mesenterium
- → English: mesentery
References edit
- “μεσεντέριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ιον
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