κοτυληδών

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ultimately from κοτύλη (kotúlē, “cup”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κοτῠληδών • (kotulēdṓn) f (genitive κοτῠληδόνος); third declension

  1. any cup shaped hollow or cavity
  2. hollow of a cup
  3. (anatomy) socket of the hip joint
  4. navelwort (Umbilicus rupestris)
  5. (in the plural) suckers on the arms of the octopus
  6. (in the plural) cotyledons, foetal and uterine vascolar connections

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ κοτῠληδών; τῆς κοτῠληδόνος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ κοτῠληδών
hē kotulēdṓn 		τὼ κοτῠληδόνε
tṑ kotulēdóne 		αἱ κοτῠληδόνες
hai kotulēdónes
Genitive τῆς κοτῠληδόνος
tês kotulēdónos 		τοῖν κοτῠληδόνοιν
toîn kotulēdónoin 		τῶν κοτῠληδόνων
tôn kotulēdónōn
Dative τῇ κοτῠληδόνῐ
têi kotulēdóni 		τοῖν κοτῠληδόνοιν
toîn kotulēdónoin 		ταῖς κοτῠληδόσῐ / κοτῠληδόσῐν
taîs kotulēdósi(n)
Accusative τὴν κοτῠληδόνᾰ
tḕn kotulēdóna 		τὼ κοτῠληδόνε
tṑ kotulēdóne 		τᾱ̀ς κοτῠληδόνᾰς
tā̀s kotulēdónas
Vocative κοτῠληδών
kotulēdṓn 		κοτῠληδόνε
kotulēdóne 		κοτῠληδόνες
kotulēdónes
Notes:

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: cotyledon
  • → Italian: cotiledone
  • → Translingual: Cotyledon

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