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 अन्त्र (ántra, “entrails”), Old Armenian ընդերք (ənderkʻ, “entrails”), and Latin interāneum (“entrails”), whence English entrails.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

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

  1. (usually in the plural) guts, viscera, intestine, gut, belly, bowel, womb
    Synonyms: ἐγκοίλῐᾰ (enkoília), σπλάγχνον (splánkhnon), χολᾰ́ς (kholás)
  2. bag

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Descendants

  • Greek: έντερο (éntero)

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