ἀναισθησία

ἀναισθησία

See also: αναισθησία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀν- (an-, “not”) +‎ αἴσθησις (aísthēsis, “sensation”) +‎ -ίᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.nai̯s.tʰɛː.sí.aː/ → /a.nɛs.θiˈsi.a/ → /a.nes.θiˈsi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.nai̯s.tʰɛː.sí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.nɛs.tʰe̝ˈsi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.nɛs.θiˈsi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.nes.θiˈsi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.nes.θiˈsi.a/

Noun

ἀναισθησίᾱ • (anaisthēsíā) f (genitive ἀναισθησίᾱς); first declension

1. a lack of sensation
2. without the aid of sense perception
3. mental obtuseness
4. stupor

Declension

First declension of ἡ ἀναισθησίᾱ; τῆς ἀναισθησίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀναισθησίᾱ hē anaisthēsíā	τὼ ἀναισθησίᾱ tṑ anaisthēsíā	αἱ ἀναισθησίαι hai anaisthēsíai
Genitive	τῆς ἀναισθησίᾱς tês anaisthēsíās	τοῖν ἀναισθησίαιν toîn anaisthēsíain	τῶν ἀναισθησιῶν tôn anaisthēsiôn
Dative	τῇ ἀναισθησίᾳ têi anaisthēsíāi	τοῖν ἀναισθησίαιν toîn anaisthēsíain	ταῖς ἀναισθησίαις taîs anaisthēsíais
Accusative	τὴν ἀναισθησίᾱν tḕn anaisthēsíān	τὼ ἀναισθησίᾱ tṑ anaisthēsíā	τᾱ̀ς ἀναισθησίᾱς tā̀s anaisthēsíās
Vocative	ἀναισθησίᾱ anaisthēsíā	ἀναισθησίᾱ anaisthēsíā	ἀναισθησίαι anaisthēsíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Descendants

• Greek: αναισθησία (anaisthisía)
• → Belarusian: анестэзі́я (anjestezíja)
• → Catalan: anestèsia
• → Czech: anestezie
• → Danish: anæstesi
• → Dutch: anesthesie
  • → Indonesian: anestesi
• → English: anesthesia, anaesthesia; anæsthesia
• → Esperanto: anestezo
• → Finnish: anestesia
• → French: anesthésie, anæsthésie
  • → Turkish: anestezi
• → Georgian: ანესთეზია (anestezia)
• → German: Anästhesie
• → Hungarian: anesztézia
• → Italian: anestesia
• → Irish: ainéistéise
• → Norwegian Bokmål: anestesi
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: anestesi
• → Polish: anestezja
• → Portuguese: anestesia
• → Russian: анестези́я (anɛstɛzíja)
• → Serbo-Croatian: anestezija
• → Slovak: anestézia
• → Spanish: anestesia
• → Swedish: anestesi
• → Ukrainian: анестезі́я (anestezíja)

Further reading

• “ἀναισθησία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press