γαστροκνημία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From γαστήρ (gastḗr, “paunch, belly”) + κνήμη (knḗmē, “leg”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡas.tro.knɛː.mí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɡas.tro.kne̝ˈmi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɣas.tro.kniˈmi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ɣas.tro.kniˈmi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ɣas.tro.kniˈmi.a/
Noun
γᾰστροκνημῐ́ᾱ • (gastroknēmíā) f (genitive γᾰστροκνημῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- (anatomy) calf of the leg
Inflection
First declension of ἡ γᾰστροκνημῐ́ᾱ; τῆς γᾰστροκνημῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ γᾰστροκνημῐ́ᾱ hē gastroknēmíā | τὼ γᾰστροκνημῐ́ᾱ tṑ gastroknēmíā | αἱ γᾰστροκνημῐ́αι hai gastroknēmíai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς γᾰστροκνημῐ́ᾱς tês gastroknēmíās | τοῖν γᾰστροκνημῐ́αιν toîn gastroknēmíain | τῶν γᾰστροκνημῐῶν tôn gastroknēmiôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ γᾰστροκνημῐ́ᾳ têi gastroknēmíāi | τοῖν γᾰστροκνημῐ́αιν toîn gastroknēmíain | ταῖς γᾰστροκνημῐ́αις taîs gastroknēmíais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν γᾰστροκνημῐ́ᾱν tḕn gastroknēmíān | τὼ γᾰστροκνημῐ́ᾱ tṑ gastroknēmíā | τᾱ̀ς γᾰστροκνημῐ́ᾱς tā̀s gastroknēmíās | ||||||||||
Vocative | γᾰστροκνημῐ́ᾱ gastroknēmíā | γᾰστροκνημῐ́ᾱ gastroknēmíā | γᾰστροκνημῐ́αι gastroknēmíai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Greek: γαστροκνημία (gastroknimía)
- → Latin: gastrocnēmius
- → English: gastrocnemius
References
- γαστροκνημία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette