σαρκοκήλη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”) +‎ κήλη (kḗlē, “tumour, hernia”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sar.ko.kɛ̌ː.lɛː/ → /sar.koˈci.li/ → /sar.koˈci.li/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sar.ko.kɛ̌ː.lɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sar.koˈke̝.le̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sar.koˈci.li/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sar.koˈci.li/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sar.koˈci.li/

Noun

σᾰρκοκήλη • (sarkokḗlē) f (genitive σᾰρκοκήλης); first declension

1. (oncology) sarcocele, a fleshy excrescence on the testicles

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σᾰρκοκήλη; τῆς σᾰρκοκήλης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σᾰρκοκήλη hē sarkokḗlē	τὼ σᾰρκοκήλᾱ tṑ sarkokḗlā	αἱ σᾰρκοκῆλαι hai sarkokêlai
Genitive	τῆς σᾰρκοκήλης tês sarkokḗlēs	τοῖν σᾰρκοκήλαιν toîn sarkokḗlain	τῶν σᾰρκοκηλῶν tôn sarkokēlôn
Dative	τῇ σᾰρκοκήλῃ têi sarkokḗlēi	τοῖν σᾰρκοκήλαιν toîn sarkokḗlain	ταῖς σᾰρκοκήλαις taîs sarkokḗlais
Accusative	τὴν σᾰρκοκήλην tḕn sarkokḗlēn	τὼ σᾰρκοκήλᾱ tṑ sarkokḗlā	τᾱ̀ς σᾰρκοκήλᾱς tā̀s sarkokḗlās
Vocative	σᾰρκοκήλη sarkokḗlē	σᾰρκοκήλᾱ sarkokḗlā	σᾰρκοκῆλαι sarkokêlai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σᾰρκοκηλῐκός (sarkokēlikós)

Descendants

• → English: sarcocele

Further reading

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