ἐλεφαντίασις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐλεφᾰντῐᾰ́ω (elephantiáō) + -σῐς (-sis).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.le.pʰan.tí.aː.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.le.pʰanˈti.a.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.le.ɸanˈti.a.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.le.fanˈti.a.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.le.fanˈdi.a.sis/
Noun
ἐλεφᾰντῐ́ᾱσῐς • (elephantíāsis) f (genitive ἐλεφᾰντῐᾱ́σεως); third declension
- elephantiasis (disease)
Declension
Third declension of ἡ ἐλεφᾰντῐ́ᾱσῐς; τῆς ἐλεφᾰντῐᾱ́σεως (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἐλεφᾰντῐ́ᾱσῐς hē elephantíāsis | τὼ ἐλεφᾰντῐᾱ́σει tṑ elephantiā́sei | αἱ ἐλεφᾰντῐᾱ́σεις hai elephantiā́seis | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἐλεφᾰντῐᾱ́σεως tês elephantiā́seōs | τοῖν ἐλεφᾰντῐᾱσέοιν toîn elephantiāséoin | τῶν ἐλεφᾰντῐᾱ́σεων tôn elephantiā́seōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἐλεφᾰντῐᾱ́σει têi elephantiā́sei | τοῖν ἐλεφᾰντῐᾱσέοιν toîn elephantiāséoin | ταῖς ἐλεφᾰντῐᾱ́σεσῐ / ἐλεφᾰντῐᾱ́σεσῐν taîs elephantiā́sesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἐλεφᾰντῐ́ᾱσῐν tḕn elephantíāsin | τὼ ἐλεφᾰντῐᾱ́σει tṑ elephantiā́sei | τᾱ̀ς ἐλεφᾰντῐᾱ́σεις tā̀s elephantiā́seis | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἐλεφᾰντῐ́ᾱσῐ elephantíāsi | ἐλεφᾰντῐᾱ́σει elephantiā́sei | ἐλεφᾰντῐᾱ́σεις elephantiā́seis | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- ἐλεφᾰντῐ́ᾱ (elephantíā) (Byzantine)
Descendants
- Latin: elephantiasis
References
- “ἐλεφαντίᾱσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἐλεφαντίασις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐλεφαντίασις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)