γονόρροια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γόνος (gónos, “sperm, seed”) and ῥοία (rhoía, “flux”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡo.nór̥.r̥oi̯.a/ → /ɣoˈnor.ry.a/ → /ɣoˈno.ri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡo.nór̥.r̥oi̯.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡoˈnor.ry.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣoˈnor.ry.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣoˈnor.ry.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣoˈno.ri.a/

Noun

γονόρροιᾰ • (gonórrhoia) f (genitive γονορροίᾱς); first declension

1. (pathology) gonorrhea
2. blennorrhea (in women)

Declension

First declension of ἡ γονόρροιᾰ; τῆς γονορροίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γονόρροιᾰ hē gonórrhoia	τὼ γονορροίᾱ tṑ gonorrhoíā	αἱ γονόρροιαι hai gonórrhoiai
Genitive	τῆς γονορροίᾱς tês gonorrhoíās	τοῖν γονορροίαιν toîn gonorrhoíain	τῶν γονορροιῶν tôn gonorrhoiôn
Dative	τῇ γονορροίᾳ têi gonorrhoíāi	τοῖν γονορροίαιν toîn gonorrhoíain	ταῖς γονορροίαις taîs gonorrhoíais
Accusative	τὴν γονόρροιᾰν tḕn gonórrhoian	τὼ γονορροίᾱ tṑ gonorrhoíā	τᾱ̀ς γονορροίᾱς tā̀s gonorrhoíās
Vocative	γονόρροιᾰ gonórrhoia	γονορροίᾱ gonorrhoíā	γονόρροιαι gonórrhoiai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: gonorrhea

Further reading

• “γονόρροια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γονόρροια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γονόρροια in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)