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English
Noun
bronchia
- plural of bronchium
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek βρόγχια (brónkhia), from βρόγχος (brónkhos, “trachea, throat”), cognate both with Ancient Greek βρόχω (brókhō, “I gulp down”) and Ancient Greek βρόχθος (brókhthos, “throat”). The various endings likely represent different forms of the root, rather than suffixes; according to Beekes the nasalisation could suggest a Pre-Greek origin, although IE derivations have been suggested.
Pronunciation
Noun
bronchia n pl (genitive bronchiōrum); second declension
- (anatomy) The bronchial tubes
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.
References
- “bronchia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- bronchia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.