bronchia

English

Noun

bronchia

1. plural of bronchium

Anagrams

• branchio-

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βρόγχια (brónkhia), from βρόγχος (brónkhos, “trachea, throat”), cognate both with Ancient Greek βρόχω (brókhō, “I gulp down”) and Ancient Greek βρόχθος (brókhthos, “throat”). The various endings likely represent different forms of the root, rather than suffixes; according to Beekes the nasalisation could suggest a Pre-Greek origin, although IE derivations have been suggested.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbron.kʰi.a/, [ˈbrɔŋkʰiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbron.ki.a/, [ˈbrɔŋkiä]

Noun

bronchia n pl (genitive bronchiōrum); second declension

1. (anatomy) The bronchial tubes

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	bronchia
Genitive	bronchiōrum
Dative	bronchiīs
Accusative	bronchia
Ablative	bronchiīs
Vocative	bronchia

Related terms

• bronchium
• bronchus

References

• “bronchia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• bronchia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.