ἐπιπλοκήλη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπῐ́πλοον (epíploon, “omentum”) +‎ κήλη (kḗlē, “tumour, hernia”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pi.plo.kɛ̌ː.lɛː/ → /e.pi.ploˈci.li/ → /e.pi.ploˈci.li/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pi.plo.kɛ̌ː.lɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.pi.ploˈke̝.le̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.pi.ploˈci.li/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.pi.ploˈci.li/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.pi.ploˈci.li/

Noun

ἐπῐπλοκήλη • (epiplokḗlē) f (genitive ἐπῐπλοκήλης); first declension

1. (pathology) hernia of the omentum

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἐπῐπλοκήλη; τῆς ἐπῐπλοκήλης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐπῐπλοκήλη hē epiplokḗlē	τὼ ἐπῐπλοκήλᾱ tṑ epiplokḗlā	αἱ ἐπῐπλοκῆλαι hai epiplokêlai
Genitive	τῆς ἐπῐπλοκήλης tês epiplokḗlēs	τοῖν ἐπῐπλοκήλαιν toîn epiplokḗlain	τῶν ἐπῐπλοκηλῶν tôn epiplokēlôn
Dative	τῇ ἐπῐπλοκήλῃ têi epiplokḗlēi	τοῖν ἐπῐπλοκήλαιν toîn epiplokḗlain	ταῖς ἐπῐπλοκήλαις taîs epiplokḗlais
Accusative	τὴν ἐπῐπλοκήλην tḕn epiplokḗlēn	τὼ ἐπῐπλοκήλᾱ tṑ epiplokḗlā	τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐπλοκήλᾱς tā̀s epiplokḗlās
Vocative	ἐπῐπλοκήλη epiplokḗlē	ἐπῐπλοκήλᾱ epiplokḗlā	ἐπῐπλοκῆλαι epiplokêlai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐπῐπλοκηλῐκός (epiplokēlikós)

Further reading

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