trachia
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Latin
Etymology
Borrowing from Ancient Greek τρᾱχεῖα (trākheîa, “jagged, rugged, rough”), ellipsis of τρᾱχεῖα ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (trākheîa artēríā, “rough artery”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /traːˈkʰiː.a/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /traˈki.a/,
Noun
trāchīa f (genitive trāchīae); first declension (Late Latin)
Inflection
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | trāchīa | trāchīae |
| genitive | trāchīae | trāchīārum |
| dative | trāchīae | trāchīīs |
| accusative | trāchīam | trāchīās |
| ablative | trāchīā | trāchīīs |
| vocative | trāchīa | trāchīae |
Descendants
References
- “trachia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- trachia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.