στέρνον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *stern- (“forehead, chest, side”), from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (“to be broad, spread out”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *stirnijō (“forehead”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /stér.non/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈstɛr.non/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈster.non/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈster.non/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈster.non/
Noun
στέρνον • (stérnon) n (genitive στέρνου); second declension
- breast, chest
- The seat of the affections, the heart
- The breastbone
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ στέρνον tò stérnon |
τὼ στέρνω tṑ stérnō |
τᾰ̀ στέρνᾰ tà stérna | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ στέρνου toû stérnou |
τοῖν στέρνοιν toîn stérnoin |
τῶν στέρνων tôn stérnōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ στέρνῳ tôi stérnōi |
τοῖν στέρνοιν toîn stérnoin |
τοῖς στέρνοις toîs stérnois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ στέρνον tò stérnon |
τὼ στέρνω tṑ stérnō |
τᾰ̀ στέρνᾰ tà stérna | ||||||||||
| Vocative | στέρνον stérnon |
στέρνω stérnō |
στέρνᾰ stérna | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- δασύστερνος (dasústernos)
Descendants
- English: sternum
Further reading
- στέρνον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- στέρνον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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