"χόριον" meaning in Ancient Greek

See χόριον in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kʰó.ri.on/, /ˈxo.ri.on/, /ˈxo.ri.on/, /kʰó.ri.on/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈkʰo.ri.on/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈxo.ri.on/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈxo.ri.on/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈxo.ri.on/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Uncertain. Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer-, the same root of χορδή (khordḗ, “guts, intestine”) and Latin hernia (“protruded viscus”). However, Beekes finds this proposal unconvincing. Etymology templates: {{unc|grc}} Uncertain, {{der|grc|ine-pro|*ǵʰer-}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer-, {{cog|la|hernia||protruded viscus}} Latin hernia (“protruded viscus”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|χόρῐον|χορίου|n|second}} χόρῐον • (khórĭon) n (genitive χορίου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|χόρῐον|ου}} Forms: χόρῐον [canonical], khórĭon [romanization], χορίου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], τὸ χόρῐον [nominative, singular], χορῐ́ω [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ χόρῐᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ χορῐ́ου [genitive, singular], χορῐ́οιν [dual, genitive], χορῐ́ων [genitive, plural], τῷ χορῐ́ῳ [dative, singular], χορῐ́οιν [dative, dual], τοῖς χορῐ́οις [dative, plural], τὸ χόρῐον [accusative, singular], χορῐ́ω [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ χόρῐᾰ [accusative, plural], χόρῐον [singular, vocative], χορῐ́ω [dual, vocative], χόρῐᾰ [plural, vocative]
  1. (anatomy) afterbirth, placenta
    Sense id: en-χόριον-grc-noun-7vSNoidw Categories (other): Anatomy, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension: 27 26 26 21 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. any intestinal membrane
    Sense id: en-χόριον-grc-noun-dpNPHHyo Categories (other): Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension: 27 26 26 21
  3. any intestinal membrane
    (in the plural) dish filled with milk and honey, kind of pudding similar to haggis
    Tags: in-plural
    Sense id: en-χόριον-grc-noun-Ffke7UeT Categories (other): Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension: 27 26 26 21
  4. membrane round the inside of the egg
    Sense id: en-χόριον-grc-noun-eUYFioMk Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Foods Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 15 23 23 39 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension: 27 26 26 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 10 10 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 22 22 53 Disambiguation of Foods: 5 15 17 63
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "membrane round the inside of the egg"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "membrane",
          "membrane"
        ],
        [
          "egg",
          "egg"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰó.ri.on/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈxo.ri.on/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈxo.ri.on/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰó.ri.on/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʰo.ri.on/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈxo.ri.on/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈxo.ri.on/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈxo.ri.on/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "χόριον"
}

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