δύσπνοια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δύσπνοος (dúspnoos, “short of breath”, adjective) (also δύσπνους (dúspnous) by contraction) +‎ -ῐᾰ (-ia, suffix forming abstract nouns), from δῠσ- (dus-, “bad-, hard-, ill-”) +‎ πνέω (pnéō, “blow, breathe”) +‎ -ος (-os, suffix forming adjectives).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dýs.pnoi̯.a/ → /ˈðys.pny.a/ → /ˈðis.pni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dýs.pnoi̯.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdys.pny.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈðys.pny.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈðys.pny.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈðis.pni.a/

Noun

δῠ́σπνοιᾰ • (dúspnoia) f (genitive δῠσπνοἰᾱς); first declension

1. difficulty breathing, shortness of breath
2. contrary winds

Inflection

First declension of ἡ δῠ́σπνοιᾰ; τῆς δῠσπνοίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δῠ́σπνοιᾰ hē dúspnoia	τὼ δῠσπνοίᾱ tṑ duspnoíā	αἱ δῠ́σπνοιαι hai dúspnoiai
Genitive	τῆς δῠσπνοίᾱς tês duspnoíās	τοῖν δῠσπνοίαιν toîn duspnoíain	τῶν δῠσπνοιῶν tôn duspnoiôn
Dative	τῇ δῠσπνοίᾳ têi duspnoíāi	τοῖν δῠσπνοίαιν toîn duspnoíain	ταῖς δῠσπνοίαις taîs duspnoíais
Accusative	τὴν δῠ́σπνοιᾰν tḕn dúspnoian	τὼ δῠσπνοίᾱ tṑ duspnoíā	τᾱ̀ς δῠσπνοίᾱς tā̀s duspnoíās
Vocative	δῠ́σπνοιᾰ dúspnoia	δῠσπνοίᾱ duspnoíā	δῠ́σπνοιαι dúspnoiai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “δύσπνοια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δύσπνοια”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• δύσπνοια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δύσπνοια in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • breath idem, page 96.
  • breathlessness idem, page 97.
  • gasp idem, page 354.
  • panting idem, page 591.
  • shortness idem, page 769.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δῠ́σπνοιᾰ (dúspnoia).

Noun

δύσπνοια • (dýspnoia) f (plural δύσπνοιες)

1. (medicine) dyspnea, dyspnoea (difficult respiration)

Declension

Declension of δύσπνοια

	singular	plural
nominative	δύσπνοια (dýspnoia)	δύσπνοιες (dýspnoies)
genitive	δύσπνοιας (dýspnoias)	-
accusative	δύσπνοια (dýspnoia)	δύσπνοιες (dýspnoies)
vocative	δύσπνοια (dýspnoia)	δύσπνοιες (dýspnoies)