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ἔγκατα

ἔγκατα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ἔγκᾰτον (énkaton) late

Noun

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

  1. 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
      He ate them as a mountain-nurtured lion, leaving naught—ate the entrails, and the flesh, and the marrowy bones.

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ἐγκᾰτᾰκνᾱκομῐγής (enkataknākomigḗs)
  • ἐγκᾰτόεις (enkatóeis)
  • ἐγκᾰτώδης (enkatṓdēs)

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