καρκίνωμα

καρκίνωμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From καρκινόω (karkinóō, “to suffer from cancer”) +‎ -μα (-ma), from καρκίνος (karkínos, “crab”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kar.kí.nɔː.ma/ → /karˈci.no.ma/ → /karˈci.no.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kar.kí.nɔː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /karˈki.no.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /karˈci.no.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /karˈci.no.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /karˈci.no.ma/

Noun

κᾰρκῐ́νωμᾰ • (karkínōma) n (genitive κᾰρκῐνώμᾰτος); third declension

1. (oncology) eating sore or ulcer; cancer

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ κᾰρκῐ́νωμᾰ; τοῦ κᾰρκῐνώμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κᾰρκῐ́νωμᾰ tò karkínōma	τὼ κᾰρκῐνώμᾰτε tṑ karkinṓmate	τᾰ̀ κᾰρκῐνώμᾰτᾰ tà karkinṓmata
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰρκῐνώμᾰτος toû karkinṓmatos	τοῖν κᾰρκῐνωμᾰ́τοιν toîn karkinōmátoin	τῶν κᾰρκῐνωμᾰ́των tôn karkinōmátōn
Dative	τῷ κᾰρκῐνώμᾰτῐ tôi karkinṓmati	τοῖν κᾰρκῐνωμᾰ́τοιν toîn karkinōmátoin	τοῖς κᾰρκῐνώμᾰσῐ / κᾰρκῐνώμᾰσῐν toîs karkinṓmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ κᾰρκῐ́νωμᾰ tò karkínōma	τὼ κᾰρκῐνώμᾰτε tṑ karkinṓmate	τᾰ̀ κᾰρκῐνώμᾰτᾰ tà karkinṓmata
Vocative	κᾰρκῐ́νωμᾰ karkínōma	κᾰρκῐνώμᾰτε karkinṓmate	κᾰρκῐνώμᾰτᾰ karkinṓmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: carcinōma

Further reading

• “καρκίνωμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• καρκίνωμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette