ἔντερον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neuter substantive of *ἔντερος (*énteros, inside), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros, from *h₁én (whence also ἐν (en, in)) + *-teros (whence also -τερος (-teros, comparative suffix)). Cognates include Russian ятро́ (jatró), Sanskrit अन्तर (ántara), Old Armenian ընդերք (ənderkʿ, entrails), and Latin interior.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἔντερον (énteron) n (genitive ἐντέρου); second declension

  1. (usually in the plural) guts, viscera intestine, gut, belly, bowel, womb
    Synonym: σπλάγχνον (splánkhnon)
  2. bag

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ἔντερον γῆς (énteron gês, earthworm)

Descendants

Further reading

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