ἐγκοίλια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neuter plural form of ἐγκοίλῐος (enkoílios, “in the belly”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eŋ.kǒi̯.li.a/ → /eɲˈɟy.li.a/ → /eɲˈɟi.li.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eŋ.kǒi̯.li.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eŋˈky.li.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eɲˈɟy.li.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eɲˈɟy.li.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eɲˈɟi.li.a/

Noun

ἐγκοίλῐᾰ • (enkoília) n pl (genitive ἐγκοιλῐ́ων); second declension

1. (anatomy) intestines

   Synonym: ἔντερον (énteron)

2. ribs of a ship, belly-timbers

Declension

Second declension of τᾰ̀ ἐγκοίλῐᾰ; τῶν ἐγκοιλῐ́ων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ ἐγκοίλῐᾰ tà enkoília
Genitive	τῶν ἐγκοιλῐ́ων tôn enkoilíōn
Dative	τοῖς ἐγκοιλῐ́οις toîs enkoilíois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ ἐγκοίλῐᾰ tà enkoília
Vocative	ἐγκοίλῐᾰ enkoília
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἐγκοίλια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐγκοίλια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐγκοίλια in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)