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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐν (en). Compare with ἔσχατος (éskhatos).
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /éŋ.ka.ta/ → /ˈeŋ.ɡa.ta/ → /ˈeŋ.ɡa.ta/
Noun
ἔγκᾰτᾰ • (énkata) n (genitive ἐγκᾰ́των); third declension
- bowels, entrails, intestines
800 BCE – 600 BCE,
Homer,
Odyssey 9.293:
- ἤσθιε δ’ ὥς τε λέων ὀρεσίτροφος, οὐδ’ ἀπέλειπεν, ἔγκατά τε σάρκας τε καὶ ὀστέα μυελόεντα
- ḗsthie d’ hṓs te léōn oresítrophos, oud’ apéleipen, énkatá te sárkas te kaì ostéa muelóenta
- He ate them as a mountain-nurtured lion, leaving naught—ate the entrails, and the flesh, and the marrowy bones.
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References
- “ἔγκατα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἔγκατα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἔγκατα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἔγκατα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἔγκατα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἔγκατα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)