πτίλωσις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πτῐλόω (ptilóō) + -σῐς (-sis).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ptí.lɔː.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpti.lo.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpti.lo.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpti.lo.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpti.lo.sis/
Noun
πτῐ́λωσῐς • (ptílōsis) f (genitive πτῐλώσεως); third declension
- plumage
- 175 CE – 235 CE, Claudius Aelianus, On the Nature of Animals 16.4
- a disease of the eyelids in which their edges become swollen and inflamed, and the eyelashes fall off
- 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 10.1004
- 400 CE – 600 CE, Aëtius, Sixteen Books on Medicine 7.80
Declension
Third declension of ἡ πτῐ́λωσῐς; τῆς πτῐλώσεως (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ πτῐ́λωσῐς hē ptílōsis | τὼ πτῐλώσει tṑ ptilṓsei | αἱ πτῐλώσεις hai ptilṓseis | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς πτῐλώσεως tês ptilṓseōs | τοῖν πτῐλωσέοιν toîn ptilōséoin | τῶν πτῐλώσεων tôn ptilṓseōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ πτῐλώσει têi ptilṓsei | τοῖν πτῐλωσέοιν toîn ptilōséoin | ταῖς πτῐλώσεσῐ / πτῐλώσεσῐν taîs ptilṓsesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν πτῐ́λωσῐν tḕn ptílōsin | τὼ πτῐλώσει tṑ ptilṓsei | τᾱ̀ς πτῐλώσεις tā̀s ptilṓseis | ||||||||||
Vocative | πτῐ́λωσῐ ptílōsi | πτῐλώσει ptilṓsei | πτῐλώσεις ptilṓseis | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- (plumage): πτέρωσῐς (ptérōsis)
Descendants
- Latin: ptilōsis (New Latin)
- English: ptilosis
References
- πτίλωσις in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press