trachia

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowing from Ancient Greek τρᾱχεῖα (trākheîa, “jagged, rugged, rough”), ellipsis of τρᾱχεῖα ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (trākheîa ărtērĭ́ā, “rough artery”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [traːˈkʰiː.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [traˈkiː.a] === Noun === trāchīa f (genitive trāchīae); first declension (Late Latin) (anatomy) the windpipe, trachea ==== Inflection ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Medieval Latin: trāchēa Middle English: English: trachea === References === “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.