κοιλία

See also: κοιλιά

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κοιλῐ́η (koilíē) — Ionic

Etymology

From κοῖλος (koîlos, “hollow”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /koi̯.lí.aː/ → /cyˈli.a/ → /ciˈli.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /koi̯.lí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kyˈli.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cyˈli.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cyˈli.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ciˈli.a/

Noun

κοιλῐ́ᾱ • (koilíā) f (genitive κοιλῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. the large hollow or cavity of the body, belly, abdomen, stomach
   • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, On Joints 46
   • 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 15.896
   • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, On Affections 6
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.87
   • 405 BCE, Aristophanes, The Frogs 485
   • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, On Ulcers 3
   • 360 BCE, Plato, Timaeus 73A
   • 360 BCE, Plato, Timaeus 85E
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, On Sleep 456A.3
   • 350 BCE, Aristotle, Parts of Animals 650A.13
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 489A.2
   • 350 BCE, Aristotle, Parts of Animals 674B.22
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 507B.5
   • New Testament, Epistle to the Romans 16:18
   • New Testament, Epistle to the Philippians 3:19
   1. the intestines, bowels
      • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.40
      • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.86
      • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.92
      • 424 BCE, Aristophanes, The Knights 356
      • 424 BCE, Aristophanes, The Knights 160
      • 388 BCE, Aristophanes, Plutus 1169
   2. excrement
      • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, On Airs, Waters, and Places 10
      • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Epidemics 1.10
      • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Prorrhetics 1.38
      • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Acut.Sp. 56
      • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Epidemics 4.23
2. any cavity in the body, ventricle, chamber
   • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, On Joints 41
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 496A.4
   1. the socket of a bone
      • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, On Joints 61
   2. the middle fleshy part of the muscles
      • 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 4.375
      • 320 CE – 403 CE, Oribasius, Collected Works 8.6.30
3. any hollow or cavity
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Meteorology 349B.4
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Meteorology 350B.23
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Meteorology 369B.2

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κοιλῐ́ᾱ; τῆς κοιλῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κοιλῐ́ᾱ hē koilíā	τὼ κοιλῐ́ᾱ tṑ koilíā	αἱ κοιλῐ́αι hai koilíai
Genitive	τῆς κοιλῐ́ᾱς tês koilíās	τοῖν κοιλῐ́αιν toîn koilíain	τῶν κοιλῐῶν tôn koiliôn
Dative	τῇ κοιλῐ́ᾳ têi koilíāi	τοῖν κοιλῐ́αιν toîn koilíain	ταῖς κοιλῐ́αις taîs koilíais
Accusative	τὴν κοιλῐ́ᾱν tḕn koilíān	τὼ κοιλῐ́ᾱ tṑ koilíā	τᾱ̀ς κοιλῐ́ᾱς tā̀s koilíās
Vocative	κοιλῐ́ᾱ koilíā	κοιλῐ́ᾱ koilíā	κοιλῐ́αι koilíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: κοιλία (koilía)

Further reading

• “κοιλία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κοιλία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κοιλία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G2836 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • belly idem, page 72.
  • stomach idem, page 819.

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κοιλία (koilía).

Noun

κοιλία • (koilía) f (plural κοιλίες)

1. (anatomy) stomach, belly, tummy
2. (anatomy) ventricle (heart)
3. (anatomy) ventricle (brain)

Declension

Declension of κοιλία

	singular	plural
nominative	κοιλία •	κοιλίες •
genitive	κοιλίας •	κοιλιών •
accusative	κοιλία •	κοιλίες •
vocative	κοιλία •	κοιλίες •

Synonyms

• στομάχι n (stomáchi)