ἐπιγλωσσίς
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἐπῐγλωττῐ́ς (epiglōttís) – Attic
Etymology
From ἐπῐ- (epi-, “upon, over”) + γλωσσῐ́ς (glōssís, “glottis, mouth of the windpipe”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pi.ɡlɔːs.sís/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.pi.ɡlosˈsis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.pi.ɣlosˈsis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.pi.ɣlosˈsis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.pi.ɣloˈsis/
Noun
ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́ς • (epiglōssís) f (genitive ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δος); third declension
- (anatomy) The valve which covers the larynx; epiglottis.
- (anatomy) The valve of the vocal chords.
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́ς; τῆς ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́ς hē epiglōssís | τὼ ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δε tṑ epiglōssíde | αἱ ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δες hai epiglōssídes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δος tês epiglōssídos | τοῖν ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δοιν toîn epiglōssídoin | τῶν ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δων tôn epiglōssídōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δῐ têi epiglōssídi | τοῖν ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δοιν toîn epiglōssídoin | ταῖς ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́σῐ / ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́σῐν taîs epiglōssísi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δᾰ tḕn epiglōssída | τὼ ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δε tṑ epiglōssíde | τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δᾰς tā̀s epiglōssídas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́ς epiglōssís | ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δε epiglōssíde | ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δες epiglōssídes | ||||||||||
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References
- “ἐπιγλωσσίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press