ἐπιδιδυμίς

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπι- (epi-, on, upon) +‎ δίδυμος (dídumos, twin; the testicles).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἐπῐδῐδῠμίς (epĭdĭdŭmísf (genitive ἐπῐδῐδῠμίδος); third declension

  1. (anatomy) epididymis

Inflection

Descendants

References

ἐπιδιδυμίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press