ἀρτηρία

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See also: αρτηρία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Supposed contraction of *ᾰ̓ορτηρῐ́ᾱ (*aortēríā) (cf. ᾰ̓ορτήρ (aortḗr)), from ᾰ̓είρω (aeírō, “to bind, hang up”).[1]

It was assumed that all blood vessels transported both blood and πνεῦμα (pneûma, “breathe, spirit”), in a similar way as how the latter is transported through the τραχεῖα ἀρτηρία (trakheîa artēría, literally “rough artery”).[2] This might explain why windpipe and artery share the same name.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ • (artēríā) f (genitive ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. (anatomy)
    1. windpipe, trachea
      Synonyms: τραχεῖα ἀρτηρία (trakheîa artēría), βρόγχος (brónkhos), γαργαρεών (gargareṓn)
    2. artery (as distinct from a vein)
    3. aorta
      Synonym: ᾰ̓ορτή (aortḗ)
    4. (in the plural) ureters
    5. (in the plural) bronchi
      Synonym: βρόγχια (brónkhia)
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Inflection

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ
hē artēríā 		τὼ ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ
tṑ artēríā 		αἱ ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́αι
hai artēríai
Genitive τῆς ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱς
tês artēríās 		τοῖν ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́αιν
toîn artēríain 		τῶν ᾰ̓ρτηρῐῶν
tôn artēriôn
Dative τῇ ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾳ
têi artēríāi 		τοῖν ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́αιν
toîn artēríain 		ταῖς ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́αις
taîs artēríais
Accusative τὴν ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱν
tḕn artēríān 		τὼ ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ
tṑ artēríā 		τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s artēríās
Vocative ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ
artēríā 		ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ
artēríā 		ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́αι
artēríai
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Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Latin: artēria (see there for further descendants)
  • → Russian: арте́рия (artérija)

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, →ISBN, page 143
  2. ^ Farnebo, Lars-Ove (2023-06-02), chapter 4, in On the Greek Physician Praxagoras from Kos and the Development of Medicαl Thinking in Antiquity (Thesis), Lund University, pages 8-9, 20, 48-49

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