γαστροκνημία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γαστήρ (gastḗr, “paunch, belly”) +‎ κνήμη (knḗmē, “leg”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡas.tro.knɛː.mí.aː/ → /ɣas.tro.kniˈmi.a/ → /ɣas.tro.kniˈmi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡas.tro.knɛː.mí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡas.tro.kne̝ˈmi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣas.tro.kniˈmi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣas.tro.kniˈmi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣas.tro.kniˈmi.a/

Noun

γᾰστροκνημῐ́ᾱ • (gastroknēmíā) f (genitive γᾰστροκνημῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. (anatomy) calf of the leg

Inflection

First declension of ἡ γᾰστροκνημῐ́ᾱ; τῆς γᾰστροκνημῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γᾰστροκνημῐ́ᾱ hē gastroknēmíā	τὼ γᾰστροκνημῐ́ᾱ tṑ gastroknēmíā	αἱ γᾰστροκνημῐ́αι hai gastroknēmíai
Genitive	τῆς γᾰστροκνημῐ́ᾱς tês gastroknēmíās	τοῖν γᾰστροκνημῐ́αιν toîn gastroknēmíain	τῶν γᾰστροκνημῐῶν tôn gastroknēmiôn
Dative	τῇ γᾰστροκνημῐ́ᾳ têi gastroknēmíāi	τοῖν γᾰστροκνημῐ́αιν toîn gastroknēmíain	ταῖς γᾰστροκνημῐ́αις taîs gastroknēmíais
Accusative	τὴν γᾰστροκνημῐ́ᾱν tḕn gastroknēmíān	τὼ γᾰστροκνημῐ́ᾱ tṑ gastroknēmíā	τᾱ̀ς γᾰστροκνημῐ́ᾱς tā̀s gastroknēmíās
Vocative	γᾰστροκνημῐ́ᾱ gastroknēmíā	γᾰστροκνημῐ́ᾱ gastroknēmíā	γᾰστροκνημῐ́αι gastroknēmíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Greek: γαστροκνημία (gastroknimía)
• → Latin: gastrocnēmius
• → English: gastrocnemius

References

• γαστροκνημία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette