ἔντερον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neuter substantive of *ἔντερος (enteros, “inside”), from Proto-Indo-European *énteros, from Proto-Indo-European *én (whence also ἐν (en, “in”)) + *-teros (whence also -τερος (-teros, “comparative suffix”)). Cognates include Sanskrit अन्तर (ántara), Old Armenian ընդերք (ənderkʿ, “entrails”), and Latin interior.

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /énteron/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /ɛ́ntɛron/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /énteron/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /énteron/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /é̃deɾon/

Noun

ἔντερον (genitive ἐντέρου) n, second declension; (enteron)

1. (usually plural) intestine, gut, belly, bowel, womb
2. bag

Inflection

Second declension of ἔντερον, ἐντέρου

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἔντερον	ἐντέρω	ἔντερᾰ
Genitive	ἐντέρου	ἐντέροιν	ἐντέρων
Dative	ἐντέρῳ	ἐντέροιν	ἐντέροις
Accusative	ἔντερον	ἐντέρω	ἔντερᾰ
Vocative	ἔντερον	ἐντέρω	ἔντερᾰ

Derived terms

• ἔντερον γῆς (enteron gēs, “earthworm”)

Descendants

• έντερο

References

• LSJ