διάρροια

See also: Διάρροια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δῐᾰρρέω (dĭărrhéō) +‎ -ιᾰ (-iă).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.ár̥.r̥oi̯.a/ → /ðiˈar.ry.a/ → /ðiˈa.ri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.ár̥.r̥oi̯.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /diˈar.ry.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈar.ry.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈar.ry.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðiˈa.ri.a/

Noun

δῐᾰ́ρροιᾰ • (dĭắrrhoiă) f (genitive δῐᾰρροίᾱς); first declension

1. (medicine, once fully as κοιλίας διάρροια) flowing through, diarrhoea
   • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates of Kos, Aphorisms 3.21
   • 446 BCE – 386 BCE, Aristophanes, Fragments 150
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.49
   • 360 BCE, Plato, Timaeus 85e
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 605a.27
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Gaius Marius 30

Declension

First declension of ἡ δῐᾰ́ρροιᾰ; τῆς δῐᾰρροίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δῐᾰ́ρροιᾰ hē dĭắrrhoiă	τὼ δῐᾰρροίᾱ tṑ dĭărrhoíā	αἱ δῐᾰ́ρροιαι hai dĭắrrhoiai
Genitive	τῆς δῐᾰρροίᾱς tês dĭărrhoíās	τοῖν δῐᾰρροίαιν toîn dĭărrhoíain	τῶν δῐᾰρροιῶν tôn dĭărrhoiôn
Dative	τῇ δῐᾰρροίᾳ têi dĭărrhoíāi	τοῖν δῐᾰρροίαιν toîn dĭărrhoíain	ταῖς δῐᾰρροίαις taîs dĭărrhoíais
Accusative	τὴν δῐᾰ́ρροιᾰν tḕn dĭắrrhoiăn	τὼ δῐᾰρροίᾱ tṑ dĭărrhoíā	τᾱ̀ς δῐᾰρροίᾱς tā̀s dĭărrhoíās
Vocative	δῐᾰ́ρροιᾰ dĭắrrhoiă	δῐᾰρροίᾱ dĭărrhoíā	δῐᾰ́ρροιαι dĭắrrhoiai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δῐᾰ́ρροιᾰ εἰς οὖρᾰ (dĭắrrhoiă eis oûră, “diabetes”)
• δῐᾰρροῐ̈κός (dĭărrhoĭ̈kós, “suffering from diarrhoea”)

Related terms

• Διάρροια (Diárrhoia)

Descendants

• Greek: διάρροια (diárroia)
• Latin: diarrhoea

References

• “διάρροια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• διάρροια in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)

Greek

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek διάρροια (diárrhoia).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðiˈaɾia/
• IPA^(key): /ˈðʝaɾia/
• Hyphenation: δι‧ά‧ρροι‧α
• Hyphenation: διά‧ρροι‧α

Noun

διάρροια • (diárroia) f (plural διάρροιες)

1. (medicine) diarrhoea (UK), diarrhea (US) (frequent and very fluid or watery bowel movements)

   Έφαγε χαλασμένο ψάρι και την έπιασε διάρροια.

   Éfage chalasméno psári kai tin épiase diárroia.

   She ate a spoiled fish and got diarrhea.

Declension

Declension of διάρροια

	singular	plural
nominative	διάρροια (diárroia)	διάρροιες (diárroies)
genitive	διάρροιας (diárroias)	-
accusative	διάρροια (diárroia)	διάρροιες (diárroies)
vocative	διάρροια (diárroia)	διάρροιες (diárroies)

Synonyms

• (diarrhea): ευκοιλιότητα f (efkoiliótita), ευκοίλια f (efkoília), κόψιμο n (kópsimo), τσίρλα f (tsírla) (colloquial)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “diarrhea”): δυσκοιλιότητα f (dyskoiliótita, “constipation”)

Derived terms

• διαρροϊκός (diarroïkós, “diarrheal, diarrheic”) (adjective)
• λογοδιάρροια f (logodiárroia, “uncontrollable chatter”)

Related terms

• διαρροή f (diarroḯ, “leak, loss”)
• διαρρέω (diarréo, “to leak”)

Further reading

• διάρροια on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el