ἔγκατα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἔγκᾰτον (énkaton) — late
Etymology
From ἐν (en). Compare with ἔσχατος (éskhatos).
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /éŋ.ka.ta/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈeŋ.ka.ta/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈeŋ.ɡa.ta/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈeŋ.ɡa.ta/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈeŋ.ɡa.ta/
Noun
ἔγκᾰτᾰ • (énkata) n (genitive ἐγκᾰ́των); third declension
- bowels, entrails, intestines
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 9.293:
- ἤσθιε δ’ ὥς τε λέων ὀρεσίτροφος, οὐδ’ ἀπέλειπεν, ἔγκατά τε σάρκας τε καὶ ὀστέα μυελόεντα
- ḗsthie d’ hṓs te léōn oresítrophos, oud’ apéleipen, énkatá te sárkas te kaì ostéa muelóenta
- He ate them as a mountain-nurtured lion, leaving naught—ate the entrails, and the flesh, and the marrowy bones.
- ἤσθιε δ’ ὥς τε λέων ὀρεσίτροφος, οὐδ’ ἀπέλειπεν, ἔγκατά τε σάρκας τε καὶ ὀστέα μυελόεντα
Inflection
| Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | τᾰ̀ ἔγκᾰτᾰ tà énkata | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῶν ἐγκᾰ́των tôn enkátōn | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τοῖς ἔγκᾰσῐ / ἔγκᾰσῐν toîs énkasi(n) | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τᾰ̀ ἔγκᾰτᾰ tà énkata | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | ἔγκᾰτᾰ énkata | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἐγκᾰτᾰκνᾱκομῐγής (enkataknākomigḗs)
- ἐγκᾰτόεις (enkatóeis)
- ἐγκᾰτώδης (enkatṓdēs)
References
- “ἔγκατα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἔγκατα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἔγκατα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἔγκατα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἔγκατα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἔγκατα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
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