trachia

Latin

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek τρᾱχεῖα (trākheîa, “jagged, rugged, rough”), ellipsis of τρᾱχεῖα ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (trākheîa artēríā, “rough artery”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /traːˈkʰiː.a/, [t̪räːˈkʰiːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /traˈki.a/, [t̪räˈkiːä]

Noun

trāchīa f (genitive trāchīae); first declension (Late Latin)

1. (anatomy) the windpipe, trachea

Inflection

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	trāchīa	trāchīae
Genitive	trāchīae	trāchīārum
Dative	trāchīae	trāchīīs
Accusative	trāchīam	trāchīās
Ablative	trāchīā	trāchīīs
Vocative	trāchīa	trāchīae

Descendants

• Medieval Latin: trāchēa
  • Middle English:
    • English: trachea

References

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