γαργαρεών
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Onomatopoeic formation with intensive reduplication. Related to γαργαρίζω (gargarízō, “to gargle”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡar.ɡa.re.ɔ̌ːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɡar.ɡa.reˈon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɣar.ɣa.reˈon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ɣar.ɣa.reˈon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ɣar.ɣa.reˈon/
Noun
γᾰργᾰρεών • (gargareṓn) m (genitive γᾰργᾰρεῶνος); third declension
- (anatomy) uvula
- (pathology) swollen uvula
- Synonym: στᾰφῠλή (staphulḗ)
- (anatomy) trachea
- Synonym: βρόγχος (brónkhos)
Declension
Third declension of ὁ γᾰργᾰρεών; τοῦ γᾰργᾰρεῶνος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ γᾰργᾰρεών ho gargareṓn | τὼ γᾰργᾰρεῶνε tṑ gargareône | οἱ γᾰργᾰρεῶνες hoi gargareônes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ γᾰργᾰρεῶνος toû gargareônos | τοῖν γᾰργᾰρεώνοιν toîn gargareṓnoin | τῶν γᾰργᾰρεώνων tôn gargareṓnōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ γᾰργᾰρεῶνῐ tôi gargareôni | τοῖν γᾰργᾰρεώνοιν toîn gargareṓnoin | τοῖς γᾰργᾰρεῶσῐ / γᾰργᾰρεῶσῐν toîs gargareôsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν γᾰργᾰρεῶνᾰ tòn gargareôna | τὼ γᾰργᾰρεῶνε tṑ gargareône | τοὺς γᾰργᾰρεῶνᾰς toùs gargareônas | ||||||||||
Vocative | γᾰργᾰρεών gargareṓn | γᾰργᾰρεῶνε gargareône | γᾰργᾰρεῶνες gargareônes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “γαργαρεών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- γαργαρεών in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- γαργαρεών in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “γαργαρίζω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 261