οἰσοφάγος
See also: οισοφάγος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From οἴσω (oísō, “I will bear”) + ἔφαγον (éphagon, “I ate”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /oi̯.so.pʰá.ɡos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /y.soˈpʰa.ɡos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /y.soˈɸa.ɣos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /y.soˈfa.ɣos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.soˈfa.ɣos/
Noun
οἰσοφᾰ́γος • (oisophágos) m (genitive οἰσοφᾰ́γου); second declension
- oesophagus
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ οἰσοφᾰ́γος; τοῦ οἰσοφᾰ́γου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ οἰσοφᾰ́γος ho oisophágos | τὼ οἰσοφᾰ́γω tṑ oisophágō | οἱ οἰσοφᾰ́γοι hoi oisophágoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ οἰσοφᾰ́γου toû oisophágou | τοῖν οἰσοφᾰ́γοιν toîn oisophágoin | τῶν οἰσοφᾰ́γων tôn oisophágōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ οἰσοφᾰ́γῳ tôi oisophágōi | τοῖν οἰσοφᾰ́γοιν toîn oisophágoin | τοῖς οἰσοφᾰ́γοις toîs oisophágois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν οἰσοφᾰ́γον tòn oisophágon | τὼ οἰσοφᾰ́γω tṑ oisophágō | τοὺς οἰσοφᾰ́γους toùs oisophágous | ||||||||||
Vocative | οἰσοφᾰ́γε oisopháge | οἰσοφᾰ́γω oisophágō | οἰσοφᾰ́γοι oisophágoi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → French: œsophage
- Greek: οισοφάγος (oisofágos)
Further reading
- οἰσοφάγος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- οἰσοφάγος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette