στόμα

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Ancient Greek [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *stomn-, *stomen- (mouth, muzzle). Cognate with Old English stemn, stefn (voice, utterance). More at steven.

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Noun [edit]

στόμα (genitive στόματος) n, third declension; (stoma)

  1. mouth (especially as the organ of speech)
  2. face
  3. The source of a river or stream
  4. An opening or fissure in the earth
  5. The frontmost part of something

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Greek [edit]

Noun [edit]

στόμα (stóma) n,   plural στόματα

  1. (anatomy) mouth
  2. (synecdoche) person
    Η μάνα του είχε δέκα στόματα να θρέψει.
    His mother had ten mouths to feed.

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