stomachus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στόμαχος (stómakhos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsto.ma.kʰus/, [ˈs̠t̪ɔmäkʰʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsto.ma.kus/, [ˈst̪ɔːmäkus]

Noun

stomachus m (genitive stomachī); second declension

1. gullet, alimentary canal
2. (anatomy) stomach
3. taste or distaste (depending on context)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	stomachus	stomachī
Genitive	stomachī	stomachōrum
Dative	stomachō	stomachīs
Accusative	stomachum	stomachōs
Ablative	stomachō	stomachīs
Vocative	stomache	stomachī

Descendants

• → Albanian: stomak
• → Catalan: estómac
• → Old French: estomac (see there for further descendants)
• → Galician: estómago
• → Italian: stomaco
• >? Piedmontese: stòmi
• → Portuguese: estômago
• → Romanian: stomac, stomah
• → Spanish: estómago

References

• “stomachus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “stomachus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• stomachus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to excite a person's wrath: stomachum, bilem alicui movere