κοιλία
See also: κοιλιά
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- κοιλῐ́η (koilíē) – Ionic
Etymology
From κοῖλος (koîlos, “hollow”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /koi̯.lí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kyˈli.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /cyˈli.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /cyˈli.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ciˈli.a/
Noun
κοιλῐ́ᾱ • (koilíā) f (genitive κοιλῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- the large hollow or cavity of the body, belly, abdomen, stomach
- 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, On Joints 46
- 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 15.896
- 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, περὶ παθῶν 6
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.87
- 405 BCE, Aristophanes, The Frogs 485
- 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, περὶ ἑλκῶν 3
- 360 BCE, Plato, Timaeus 73A
- 360 BCE, Plato, Timaeus 85E
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, On Sleep 456A.3
- 350 BCE, Aristotle, Parts of Animals 650A.13
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 489A.2
- 350 BCE, Aristotle, Parts of Animals 674B.22
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 507B.5
- New Testament, Epistle to the Romans 16:18
- New Testament, Epistle to the Philippians 3:19
- the intestines, bowels
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.40
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.86
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.92
- 424 BCE, Aristophanes, The Knights 356
- 424 BCE, Aristophanes, The Knights 160
- 388 BCE, Aristophanes, Plutus 1169
- excrement
- 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, περὶ ἀέρων ὑδάτων τόπων 10
- 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Epidemics 1.10
- 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Prorrhetics 1.38
- 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, περὶ διαίτης ὀξέων (νόθα) 56
- 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Epidemics 4.23
- any cavity in the body, ventricle, chamber
- 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, On Joints 41
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 496A.4
- the socket of a bone
- 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, On Joints 61
- the middle fleshy part of the muscles
- 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 4.375
- 320 CE – 400 CE, Oribasius, Collected Works 8.6.30
- any hollow or cavity
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Meteorology 349B.4
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Meteorology 350B.23
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Meteorology 369B.2
Inflection
First declension of ἡ κοιλῐ́ᾱ; τῆς κοιλῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ κοιλῐ́ᾱ hē koilíā | τὼ κοιλῐ́ᾱ tṑ koilíā | αἱ κοιλῐ́αι hai koilíai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς κοιλῐ́ᾱς tês koilíās | τοῖν κοιλῐ́αιν toîn koilíain | τῶν κοιλῐῶν tôn koiliôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ κοιλῐ́ᾳ têi koilíāi | τοῖν κοιλῐ́αιν toîn koilíain | ταῖς κοιλῐ́αις taîs koilíais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν κοιλῐ́ᾱν tḕn koilíān | τὼ κοιλῐ́ᾱ tṑ koilíā | τᾱ̀ς κοιλῐ́ᾱς tā̀s koilíās | ||||||||||
Vocative | κοιλῐ́ᾱ koilíā | κοιλῐ́ᾱ koilíā | κοιλῐ́αι koilíai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: κοιλιά (koiliá), κοιλία (koilía)
Further reading
- “κοιλία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κοιλία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κοιλία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- G2836 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- belly idem, page 72.
- stomach idem, page 819.
Greek
Etymology
Borrowing from Ancient Greek κοιλία (koilía). Compare the inherited doublet κοιλιά (koiliá).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ciˈli.a/
Noun
κοιλία • (koilía) f (plural κοιλίες)
- (anatomy) stomach, belly, tummy
- (anatomy) ventricle (heart)
- (anatomy) ventricle (brain)
Declension
declension of κοιλία
case \\ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | κοιλία • | κοιλίες • |
genitive | κοιλίας • | κοιλιών • |
accusative | κοιλία • | κοιλίες • |
vocative | κοιλία • | κοιλίες • |
Synonyms
- στομάχι n (stomáchi)