trachia
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowing from Ancient Greek τρᾱχεῖα (trākheîa, “jagged, rugged, rough”), ellipsis of τρᾱχεῖα ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (trākheîa artēríā, “rough artery”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /traːˈkʰiː.a/, [t̪räːˈkʰiːä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /traˈki.a/, [t̪räˈkiːä]
Noun edit
trāchīa f (genitive trāchīae); first declension (Late Latin)
Inflection edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | trāchīa | trāchīae |
Genitive | trāchīae | trāchīārum |
Dative | trāchīae | trāchīīs |
Accusative | trāchīam | trāchīās |
Ablative | trāchīā | trāchīīs |
Vocative | trāchīa | trāchīae |
Descendants edit
References edit
- “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.