ἔντερον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neuter substantive of *ἔντερος (*énteros, “inside”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros, from *h₁én (whence also ἐν (en, “in”)) + *-teros (whence also -τερος (-teros, “comparative suffix”)). Cognates include Russian ятро́ (jatró), Sanskrit अन्त्र (ántra, “entrails”), Old Armenian ընդերք (ənderkʿ, “entrails”), and Latin interāneum (“entrails”), whence English entrails.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /én.te.ron/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈen.te.ron/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈen.te.ron/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈen.te.ron/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈen.de.ron/

Noun

ἔντερον • (énteron) n (genitive ἐντέρου); second declension

(usually in the plural) guts, viscera, intestine, gut, belly, bowel, womb
Synonyms: ἐγκοίλῐᾰ (enkoília), σπλάγχνον (splánkhnon), χολᾰ́ς (kholás)
bag

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἔντερον; τοῦ ἐντέρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἔντερον tò énteron	τὼ ἐντέρω tṑ entérō	τᾰ̀ ἔντερᾰ tà éntera
Genitive	τοῦ ἐντέρου toû entérou	τοῖν ἐντέροιν toîn entéroin	τῶν ἐντέρων tôn entérōn
Dative	τῷ ἐντέρῳ tôi entérōi	τοῖν ἐντέροιν toîn entéroin	τοῖς ἐντέροις toîs entérois
Accusative	τὸ ἔντερον tò énteron	τὼ ἐντέρω tṑ entérō	τᾰ̀ ἔντερᾰ tà éntera
Vocative	ἔντερον énteron	ἐντέρω entérō	ἔντερᾰ éntera
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἐντέρῐνος (entérinos)
ἐντεροκήλη (enterokḗlē)
ἔντερον γῆς (énteron gês)

Descendants

Greek: έντερο (éntero)