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φθίσις
φθίσις
Ancient Greek
Noun
φθῐ́σῐς • (phthísis) f (genitive φθῐ́σεως); third declension
- decline, decay
- atrophy
- consumption (disease)
- waning of the moon
- contraction of the eye
Declension
Third declension of φθῐ́σῐς, φθῐ́σεως
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ φθῐ́σῐς | τὼ φθῐ́σει | αἱ φθῐ́σεις |
| Genitive | τῆς φθῐ́σεως | τοῖν φθῐσέοιν | τῶν φθῐ́σεων |
| Dative | τῇ φθῐ́σει | τοῖν φθῐσέοιν | ταῖς φθῐ́σεσῐ(ν) |
| Accusative | τὴν φθῐ́σῐν | τὼ φθῐ́σει | τὰς φθῐ́σεις |
| Vocative | φθῐ́σῐ | φθῐ́σει | φθῐ́σεις |
Third declension of φθῐ́σῐς, φθῐ́σιος
Derived terms
- φθῐσῐκός (phthisikós)
Related terms
- φθίω (phthíō)
References
- φθίσις in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- φθίσις in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- «φθίσις» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- φθίσις in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- decay idem, page 199.