στεατοπυγία
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Woman with steatopygia.
Greek
Etymology
Calque of French stéatopygie. From Ancient Greek στέαρ (stéar, “hard fat, suet”) + the interfix -ο- (-o-) + πῡγ(ή) (pūg(ḗ), “buttocks”) + the suffix -ία (-ía). First attested in 1896.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
στεατοπυγία • (steatopygía) f (plural στεατοπυγίες)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | στεατοπυγία (steatopygía) | στεατοπυγίες (steatopygíes) |
| genitive | στεατοπυγίας (steatopygías) | στεατοπυγιών (steatopygión) |
| accusative | στεατοπυγία (steatopygía) | στεατοπυγίες (steatopygíes) |
| vocative | στεατοπυγία (steatopygía) | στεατοπυγίες (steatopygíes) |
Related terms
- στεατοπυγικός (steatopygikós, “steatopygic”, adjective)
References
- ^ στεατοπυγία p.926, vol.2 - Koumanoudis, Stefanos Αth. (1900) Συναγωγὴ νέων λέξεων ὑπὸ τῶν λογίων πλασθεισῶν ἀπὸ τῆς Ἀλώσεως μέχρι τῶν καθ’ ἡμᾶς χρόνων. Sunagōgḕ néōn léxeōn hupò tôn logíōn plastheisôn apò tês Alṓseōs mékhri tôn kath’ hēmâs khrónōn. (In Katharevousa, Greek) Vols:1‑2. Athens: P. Dh. Sakellariou. @anemi, abbreviations (V).
Further reading
- στεατοπυγία - Charalambakis, Chistoforos et al. (2014) Χρηστικό λεξικό της νεοελληνικής γλώσσας (Christiko lexiko tis Neoellhnikis Glossas) (in Greek) Athens: Academy of Athens. (online since 2023 - abbreviations - symbols)
- στεατοπυγία - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias , 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.
- στεατοπυγία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language