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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Onomatopoeic formation with intensive reduplication. Related to γαργαρίζω (gargarízō, “to gargle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡar.ɡa.re.ɔ̌ːn/ → /ɣar.ɣa.reˈon/ → /ɣar.ɣa.reˈon/
Noun
γᾰργᾰρεών • (gargareṓn) m (genitive γᾰργᾰρεῶνος); third declension
- (anatomy) uvula
- (pathology) swollen uvula
- Synonym: στᾰφῠλή (staphulḗ)
- (anatomy) trachea
- Synonym: βρόγχος (brónkhos)
Declension
Further reading
- “γαργαρεών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- γαργαρεών in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- γαργαρεών in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “γαργαρίζω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 261