ἀσκίτης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀσκός (askós, “wineskin; paunch, belly”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /as.kǐː.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /asˈki.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /asˈci.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /asˈci.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /asˈci.tis/
Noun
ἀσκῑ́της • (askī́tēs) m (genitive ἀσκῑ́του); first declension
- (pathology) Dropsy, ascites.
- Patient suffering from ascites.
Inflection
First declension of ὁ ἀσκῑ́της; τοῦ ἀσκῑ́του (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ἀσκῑ́της ho askī́tēs | τὼ ἀσκῑ́τᾱ tṑ askī́tā | οἱ ἀσκῖται hoi askîtai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἀσκῑ́του toû askī́tou | τοῖν ἀσκῑ́ταιν toîn askī́tain | τῶν ἀσκῑτῶν tôn askītôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἀσκῑ́τῃ tôi askī́tēi | τοῖν ἀσκῑ́ταιν toîn askī́tain | τοῖς ἀσκῑ́ταις toîs askī́tais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ἀσκῑ́την tòn askī́tēn | τὼ ἀσκῑ́τᾱ tṑ askī́tā | τοὺς ἀσκῑ́τᾱς toùs askī́tās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀσκῖτᾰ askîta | ἀσκῑ́τᾱ askī́tā | ἀσκῖται askîtai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: ascītēs
- → English: ascites
References
- “ἀσκίτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press