οἰσοφάγος

See also: οισοφάγος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From οἴσω (oísō, “I will bear”) (future infinitive of φέρω (phérō, “to bring, bear”)) + ἔφαγον (éphagon, “I ate”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /oi̯.so.pʰá.ɡos/ → /y.soˈɸa.ɣos/ → /i.soˈfa.ɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /oi̯.so.pʰá.ɡos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /y.soˈpʰa.ɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.soˈɸa.ɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.soˈfa.ɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.soˈfa.ɣos/

Noun

οἰσοφᾰ́γος • (oisophắgos) m (genitive οἰσοφᾰ́γου); second declension

1. oesophagus, gullet

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ οἰσοφᾰ́γος; τοῦ οἰσοφᾰ́γου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ οἰσοφᾰ́γος ho oisophắgos	τὼ οἰσοφᾰ́γω tṑ oisophắgō	οἱ οἰσοφᾰ́γοι hoi oisophắgoi
Genitive	τοῦ οἰσοφᾰ́γου toû oisophắgou	τοῖν οἰσοφᾰ́γοιν toîn oisophắgoin	τῶν οἰσοφᾰ́γων tôn oisophắgōn
Dative	τῷ οἰσοφᾰ́γῳ tôi oisophắgōi	τοῖν οἰσοφᾰ́γοιν toîn oisophắgoin	τοῖς οἰσοφᾰ́γοις toîs oisophắgois
Accusative	τὸν οἰσοφᾰ́γον tòn oisophắgon	τὼ οἰσοφᾰ́γω tṑ oisophắgō	τοὺς οἰσοφᾰ́γους toùs oisophắgous
Vocative	οἰσοφᾰ́γε oisophắge	οἰσοφᾰ́γω oisophắgō	οἰσοφᾰ́γοι oisophắgoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: oesophagus
• → French: œsophage
• Greek: οισοφάγος (oisofágos)

Further reading

• “οἰσοφάγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• οἰσοφάγος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette