βεντούζα
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Greek
Etymology
From French ventouse, from Latin ventosa (cucurbita)[1]
Noun
βεντούζα • (ventoúza) f (plural βεντούζες)
- plunger (used by plumbers)
- suction cup, sucker (of a flexible material)
- (biology) sucker (found on octopuses, leeches, lamphrey, etc)
- (medicine, dated) cup used in fire cupping.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | βεντούζα (ventoúza) | βεντούζες (ventoúzes) |
| genitive | βεντούζας (ventoúzas) | βεντουζών (ventouzón) |
| accusative | βεντούζα (ventoúza) | βεντούζες (ventoúzes) |
| vocative | βεντούζα (ventoúza) | βεντούζες (ventoúzes) |
The genitive βεντούζων is occasionally found
References
- ^ βεντούζα - Babiniotis, Georgios (2008) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 3rd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias , 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.
Further reading
βεντούζα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
