Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἔγκᾰτον ‎(énkaton) late

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

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

Inflection

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 (© 2006–2016)