στεατοπυγία

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Greek[edit]

Woman with steatopygia.

Etymology[edit]

Calque of French stéatopygie. From στέαρ (stéar, hard fat, suet) +‎ στεατ- (steat-) + the interfix -ο- (-o-) + πῡγ(ή) (pūg(ḗ), buttocks) + the suffix -ία (-ía). First attested in 1896.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ste.a.to.piˈʝi.a/
  • Hyphenation: στε‧α‧το‧πυ‧γί‧α

Noun[edit]

στεατοπυγία (steatopygíaf (plural στεατοπυγίες)

  1. (medicine) steatopygia

Declension[edit]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ στεατοπυγία p.926, vol.2 - Koumanoudis, Stefanos Αth. (1900) Συναγωγὴ νέων λέξεων ὑπὸ τῶν λογίων πλασθεισῶν ἀπὸ τῆς Ἀλώσεως μέχρι τῶν καθ’ ἡμᾶς χρόνων. Sunagōgḕ néōn léxeōn hupò tôn logíōn plastheisôn apò tês Alṓseōs mékhri tôn kath’ hēmâs khrónōn. [A collection of new words created by scholars from the fall of Constantinople until our times.] (In Katharevousa, Greek) Vols:1‑2. Athens: P. Dh. Sakellariou. @anemi, abbreviations (V).

Further reading[edit]

  • στεατοπυγία - Charalambakis, Chistoforos et al. (2014) Χρηστικό λεξικό της νεοελληνικής γλώσσας (Christiko lexiko tis Neoellhnikis Glossas) [A Practical dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek) Athens: Academy of Athens. (online since 2023 - abbreviations - symbols)
  • στεατοπυγία - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: [] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.
  • στεατοπυγίαΛεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.