οἰσοφάγος

See also: οισοφάγος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From οἴσω (oísō, “I will bear”) + ἔφαγον (éphagon, “I ate”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /oi̯.so.pʰá.ɡos/ → /y.soˈɸa.ɣos/ → /i.soˈfa.ɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /oi̯.so.pʰá.ɡos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /y.soˈpʰa.ɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.soˈɸa.ɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.soˈfa.ɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.soˈfa.ɣos/

Noun

οἰσοφᾰ́γος • (oisophágos) m (genitive οἰσοφᾰ́γου); second declension

1. oesophagus, gullet

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ οἰσοφᾰ́γος; τοῦ οἰσοφᾰ́γου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ οἰσοφᾰ́γος ho oisophágos	τὼ οἰσοφᾰ́γω tṑ oisophágō	οἱ οἰσοφᾰ́γοι hoi oisophágoi
Genitive	τοῦ οἰσοφᾰ́γου toû oisophágou	τοῖν οἰσοφᾰ́γοιν toîn oisophágoin	τῶν οἰσοφᾰ́γων tôn oisophágōn
Dative	τῷ οἰσοφᾰ́γῳ tôi oisophágōi	τοῖν οἰσοφᾰ́γοιν toîn oisophágoin	τοῖς οἰσοφᾰ́γοις toîs oisophágois
Accusative	τὸν οἰσοφᾰ́γον tòn oisophágon	τὼ οἰσοφᾰ́γω tṑ oisophágō	τοὺς οἰσοφᾰ́γους toùs oisophágous
Vocative	οἰσοφᾰ́γε oisopháge	οἰσοφᾰ́γω oisophágō	οἰσοφᾰ́γοι oisophágoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: oesophagus
• → French: œsophage
• Greek: οισοφάγος (oisofágos)

Further reading

• “οἰσοφάγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• οἰσοφάγος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette