ἔγκατα

Ancient Greek

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

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

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.

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.

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 (2006–2019)

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