τραχεῖα ἀρτηρία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τρᾱχεῖᾰ (trākheîă, “rough”) +‎ ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (ărtērĭ́ā, “windpipe, artery”).

Since windpipe (trachea) is the original meaning of ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (ărtērĭ́ā), it can be assumed that the term τραχεῖα ἀρτηρία developed later as a result of semantic specialization.

Noun

τραχεῖα ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ • (trakheîa ărtērĭ́ā) f (genitive τραχεια ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. windpipe, trachea

   Synonyms: ἀρτηρία (artēría), βρόγχος (brónkhos), γαργαρεών (gargareṓn)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ τραχεια ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ; τῆς τραχεια ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τραχεια ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ hē trakheia ărtērĭ́ā	τὼ τραχεια ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ tṑ trakheia ărtērĭ́ā	αἱ τραχεια ᾰ̓ρτήρῐαι hai trakheia ărtḗrĭai
Genitive	τῆς τραχεια ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱς tês trakheia ărtērĭ́ās	τοῖν τραχεια ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́αιν toîn trakheia ărtērĭ́ain	τῶν τραχεια ᾰ̓ρτηρῐῶν tôn trakheia ărtērĭôn
Dative	τῇ τραχεια ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾳ têi trakheia ărtērĭ́āi	τοῖν τραχεια ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́αιν toîn trakheia ărtērĭ́ain	ταῖς τραχεια ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́αις taîs trakheia ărtērĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν τραχεια ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱν tḕn trakheia ărtērĭ́ān	τὼ τραχεια ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ tṑ trakheia ărtērĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς τραχεια ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱς tā̀s trakheia ărtērĭ́ās
Vocative	τραχεια ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ trakheia ărtērĭ́ā	τραχεια ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ trakheia ărtērĭ́ā	τραχεια ᾰ̓ρτήρῐαι trakheia ărtḗrĭai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Late Latin: trāchīa (see there for further descendants)

References

• “ἀρτηρία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press