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 • (sărkokḗlē) 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 sărkokḗlē	τὼ σᾰρκοκήλᾱ tṑ sărkokḗlā	αἱ σᾰρκοκῆλαι hai sărkokêlai
Genitive	τῆς σᾰρκοκήλης tês sărkokḗlēs	τοῖν σᾰρκοκήλαιν toîn sărkokḗlain	τῶν σᾰρκοκηλῶν tôn sărkokēlôn
Dative	τῇ σᾰρκοκήλῃ têi sărkokḗlēi	τοῖν σᾰρκοκήλαιν toîn sărkokḗlain	ταῖς σᾰρκοκήλαις taîs sărkokḗlais
Accusative	τὴν σᾰρκοκήλην tḕn sărkokḗlēn	τὼ σᾰρκοκήλᾱ tṑ sărkokḗlā	τᾱ̀ς σᾰρκοκήλᾱς tā̀s sărkokḗlās
Vocative	σᾰρκοκήλη sărkokḗlē	σᾰρκοκήλᾱ sărkokḗlā	σᾰρκοκῆλαι sărkokêlai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σᾰρκοκηλῐκός (sărkokēlĭkós)

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