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trachia

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Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowing from Ancient Greek τρᾱχεῖα (trākheîa, jagged, rugged, rough), ellipsis of τρᾱχεῖα ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (trākheîa artēríā, rough artery).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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trāchīa f (genitive trāchīae); first declension (Late Latin)

  1. (anatomy) the windpipe, trachea
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Inflection

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative trāchīa trāchīae
genitive trāchīae trāchīārum
dative trāchīae trāchīīs
accusative trāchīam trāchīās
ablative trāchīā trāchīīs
vocative trāchīa trāchīae

Descendants

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  • Medieval Latin: trāchēa

References

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  • trachia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • trachia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.