μαρασμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to die, disappear”) and -μός (-mós, action noun suffix), related to μᾰραίνω (maraínō, “to quench; to waste, wither”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ma.raz.mós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ma.razˈmos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ma.razˈmos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ma.razˈmos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ma.razˈmos/

Noun

μᾰρᾰσμός • (marasmós) m (genitive μᾰρᾰσμοῦ); second declension

Synonym of μᾰ́ρᾰνσῐς (máransis): withering.

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ μᾰρᾰσμός; τοῦ μᾰρᾰσμοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μᾰρᾰσμός ho marasmós	τὼ μᾰρᾰσμώ tṑ marasmṓ	οἱ μᾰρᾰσμοί hoi marasmoí
Genitive	τοῦ μᾰρᾰσμοῦ toû marasmoû	τοῖν μᾰρᾰσμοῖν toîn marasmoîn	τῶν μᾰρᾰσμῶν tôn marasmôn
Dative	τῷ μᾰρᾰσμῷ tôi marasmôi	τοῖν μᾰρᾰσμοῖν toîn marasmoîn	τοῖς μᾰρᾰσμοῖς toîs marasmoîs
Accusative	τὸν μᾰρᾰσμόν tòn marasmón	τὼ μᾰρᾰσμώ tṑ marasmṓ	τοὺς μᾰρᾰσμούς toùs marasmoús
Vocative	μᾰρᾰσμέ marasmé	μᾰρᾰσμώ marasmṓ	μᾰρᾰσμοί marasmoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

μᾰρᾰσμώδης (marasmṓdēs, adjective)

Descendants

→ Late Latin: marasmus
- → English: marasmus

References

μαρασμός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press