OriginBorrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “I lift, raise”).
Formsaorta(genitive, singular) · aortaí(nominative, plural) · aorta(indefinite, nominative, singular) · aortaí(indefinite, nominative, plural) · a aorta(indefinite, singular, vocative) · a aortaí(indefinite, plural, vocative) · aorta(genitive, indefinite, singular) · aortaí(genitive, indefinite, plural) · aorta(dative, indefinite, singular) · aortaí(dative, indefinite, plural) · an t-aorta(definite, nominative, singular) · na haortaí(definite, nominative, plural) · an aorta(definite, genitive, singular) · na n-aortaí(definite, genitive, plural) · leis an aorta(dative, definite, singular) · don aorta(dative, definite, singular) · leis na haortaí(dative, definite, plural) · aorta(error-unrecognized-form) · n-aorta(error-unrecognized-form) · haorta(error-unrecognized-form)
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