βρόγχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, the word is clearly connected with βρόξαι (bróxai, “to gulp down, swallow (again)”) and βρόχθος (brókhthos). The nasal infix leads to a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bróŋ.kʰos/ → /ˈβroŋ.xos/ → /ˈvroŋ.xos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bróŋ.kʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbroŋ.kʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβroŋ.xos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvroŋ.xos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvroŋ.xos/

Noun

βρόγχος • (brónkhos) m (genitive βρόγχου); second declension

1. (anatomy) trachea, windpipe

   Synonym: γᾰργᾰρεών (gargareṓn)

2. (generally) throat
3. gulp, draught

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ βρόγχος; τοῦ βρόγχου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βρόγχος ho brónkhos	τὼ βρόγχω tṑ brónkhō	οἱ βρόγχοι hoi brónkhoi
Genitive	τοῦ βρόγχου toû brónkhou	τοῖν βρόγχοιν toîn brónkhoin	τῶν βρόγχων tôn brónkhōn
Dative	τῷ βρόγχῳ tôi brónkhōi	τοῖν βρόγχοιν toîn brónkhoin	τοῖς βρόγχοις toîs brónkhois
Accusative	τὸν βρόγχον tòn brónkhon	τὼ βρόγχω tṑ brónkhō	τοὺς βρόγχους toùs brónkhous
Vocative	βρόγχε brónkhe	βρόγχω brónkhō	βρόγχοι brónkhoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• βρογχεῖον (bronkheîon)
• βρόγχια (brónkhia)
• βρογχία (bronkhía)
• βρογχιάζω (bronkhiázō)
• βρογχοκήλη (bronkhokḗlē)
• βρογχοπαράταξις (bronkhoparátaxis)
• βρογχωτήρ (bronkhōtḗr)

 

Descendants

• → Late Latin: bronchus
  • → English: bronchus
  • → Italian: bronco

Further reading

• “βρόγχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βρόγχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βρόγχος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN