Ancient Greek

Noun

ἀορτή • ‎(aortḗ) f ‎(genitive ἀορτῆς); first declension

1. (in the plural) the lower extremities of the windpipe
   • Hippocrates, de locis 415
   1. (in the singular) aorta, the artery which proceeds from the left ventricle
      • Aristotle, History of Animals 1.17.14
      • Aristotle, History of Animals 3.3.7
      • Aristotle, History of Animals 3.5.1
      1. (in the plural) the arteries
         • Pollux, Onomasticon 2.205
2. a knapsack that hangs from the shoulders
   • Menander, The Woman-Hater 11
   • Diphilus, The Claimant 1
   • Posidippus Comicus, Harmost 1

Inflection

Synonyms

• (lower extremities of the windpipe): βρόγχια ‎(brónkhia)

Descendants

• English: aorta
• French: aorte
• German: Aorta
• Greek: αορτή ‎(aortí)
• Russian: аорта ‎(aorta) (aórta)
• Spanish: aorta

References

• ἀορτή in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• «ἀορτή» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «ἀορτή» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)