πάγκρεας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From παν- (pan-, all) +‎ κρέας (kréas, “meat”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /páŋ.kre.as/ → /ˈpaŋ.ɡre.as/ → /ˈpaŋ.ɡre.as/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /páŋ.kre.as/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpaŋ.kre.as/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpaŋ.ɡre.as/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpaŋ.ɡre.as/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpaŋ.ɡre.as/

Noun

πᾰ́γκρεᾰς • (pắnkreăs) n (genitive πᾰγκρέᾰτος); third declension

1. (anatomy) pancreas, sweetbread

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ πᾰ́γκρεᾰς; τοῦ πᾰγκρέᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πᾰ́γκρεᾰς tò pắnkreăs	τὼ πᾰγκρέᾰτε tṑ pănkréăte	τᾰ̀ πᾰγκρέᾰτᾰ tằ pănkréătă
Genitive	τοῦ πᾰγκρέᾰτος toû pănkréătos	τοῖν πᾰγκρεᾰ́τοιν toîn pănkreắtoin	τῶν πᾰγκρεᾰ́των tôn pănkreắtōn
Dative	τῷ πᾰγκρέᾰτῐ tôi pănkréătĭ	τοῖν πᾰγκρεᾰ́τοιν toîn pănkreắtoin	τοῖς πᾰγκρέᾰσῐ / πᾰγκρέᾰσῐν toîs pănkréăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ πᾰ́γκρεᾰς tò pắnkreăs	τὼ πᾰγκρέᾰτε tṑ pănkréăte	τᾰ̀ πᾰγκρέᾰτᾰ tằ pănkréătă
Vocative	πᾰ́γκρεᾰς pắnkreăs	πᾰγκρέᾰτε pănkréăte	πᾰγκρέᾰτᾰ pănkréătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

Descendants

• Greek: πάγκρεας (págkreas)
• → Latin: pancreas

References

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

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παγ- (pag-) +‎ κρέας (kréas, “meat, body”); (παγ- (pag-) from παν- (pan-)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaŋɡɾeas/

Noun

πάγκρεας • (págkreas) n (uncountable)

1. (anatomy) pancreas

Declension

Declension of πάγκρεας

	singular
nominative	πάγκρεας (págkreas)
genitive	παγκρέατος (pagkréatos)
accusative	πάγκρεας (págkreas)
vocative	πάγκρεας (págkreas)

Further reading

• πάγκρεας on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el