ἔγκατα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἔγκᾰτον (énkaton) — late

Etymology

From ἐν (en). Compare with ἔσχατος (éskhatos).

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /éŋ.ka.ta/ → /ˈeŋ.ɡa.ta/ → /ˈeŋ.ɡa.ta/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /éŋ.ka.ta/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈeŋ.ka.ta/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈeŋ.ɡa.ta/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈeŋ.ɡa.ta/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈeŋ.ɡa.ta/

Noun

ἔγκᾰτᾰ • (énkata) n (genitive ἐγκᾰ́των); third declension

1. bowels, entrails, intestines
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 9.293:

     ἤσθιε δ’ ὥς τε λέων ὀρεσίτροφος, οὐδ’ ἀπέλειπεν, ἔγκατά τε σάρκας τε καὶ ὀστέα μυελόεντα

     ḗsthie d’ hṓs te léōn oresítrophos, oud’ apéleipen, énkatá te sárkas te kaì ostéa muelóenta

     He ate them as a mountain-nurtured lion, leaving naught—ate the entrails, and the flesh, and the marrowy bones.

Inflection

Third declension of τᾰ̀ ἔγκᾰτᾰ; τῶν ἐγκᾰ́των (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ ἔγκᾰτᾰ tà énkata
Genitive	τῶν ἐγκᾰ́των tôn enkátōn
Dative	τοῖς ἔγκᾰσῐ / ἔγκᾰσῐν toîs énkasi(n)
Accusative	τᾰ̀ ἔγκᾰτᾰ tà énkata
Vocative	ἔγκᾰτᾰ énkata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐγκᾰτᾰκνᾱκομῐγής (enkataknākomigḗs)
• ἐγκᾰτόεις (enkatóeis)
• ἐγκᾰτώδης (enkatṓdēs)

References

• “ἔγκατα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἔγκατα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἔγκατα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἔγκατα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἔγκατα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἔγκατα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)