βεντούζα

Greek

Etymology

From French ventouse, from Latin ventosa (cucurbita)[1]

Noun

βεντούζα • (ventoúza) f (plural βεντούζες)

  1. plunger (used by plumbers)
  2. suction cup, sucker (of a flexible material)
  3. (biology) sucker (found on octopuses, leeches, lamphrey, etc)
  4. (medicine, dated) cup used in fire cupping.

Declension
declension of βεντούζα
case     \     number singular plural
nominative βεντούζα • βεντούζες •
genitive βεντούζας • βεντουζών •
accusative βεντούζα • βεντούζες •
vocative βεντούζα • βεντούζες •
The genitive βεντούζων is occasionally found

References
  1. Georgios Babiniotis (2008), “βεντούζα”, in Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of the New Greek Language] (in Greek), 3rd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias, →ISBN.

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