ἀρτηρία

See also: αρτηρία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ἀρτηρῐ́η (artēríē) Ionic

Etymology

Related to ἀείρω (aeírō, to bind, hang up).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἀρτηρῐ́ᾱ (artēríā) f (genitive ἀρτηρῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. artery
  2. windpipe, trachea
  3. (in the plural) bronchi

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ἀρτηρία ἡ τραχεῖα (artēría hē trakheîa, windpipe)

Descendants

References

  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἀρτηρία”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 143

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