παροξυσμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From παροξύνω (paroxúnō, “to sharpen, irritate”) +‎ -μός (-mós), from παρά (pará, “beside”) + ὀξύνω (oxúnō, “to sharpen”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.rok.syz.mós/ → /pa.rok.syzˈmos/ → /pa.rok.sizˈmos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.rok.syz.mós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pa.rok.syzˈmos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pa.rok.syzˈmos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pa.rok.syzˈmos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pa.rok.sizˈmos/

Noun

πᾰροξῠσμός • (păroxŭsmós) m (genitive πᾰροξῠσμοῦ); second declension

1. irritation, exasperation
2. severe fit of a disease

   Synonym: κρῐ́σῐς (krĭ́sĭs)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ πᾰροξῠσμός; τοῦ πᾰροξῠσμοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πᾰροξῠσμός ho păroxŭsmós	τὼ πᾰροξῠσμώ tṑ păroxŭsmṓ	οἱ πᾰροξῠσμοί hoi păroxŭsmoí
Genitive	τοῦ πᾰροξῠσμοῦ toû păroxŭsmoû	τοῖν πᾰροξῠσμοῖν toîn păroxŭsmoîn	τῶν πᾰροξῠσμῶν tôn păroxŭsmôn
Dative	τῷ πᾰροξῠσμῷ tôi păroxŭsmôi	τοῖν πᾰροξῠσμοῖν toîn păroxŭsmoîn	τοῖς πᾰροξῠσμοῖς toîs păroxŭsmoîs
Accusative	τὸν πᾰροξῠσμόν tòn păroxŭsmón	τὼ πᾰροξῠσμώ tṑ păroxŭsmṓ	τοὺς πᾰροξῠσμούς toùs păroxŭsmoús
Vocative	πᾰροξῠσμέ păroxŭsmé	πᾰροξῠσμώ păroxŭsmṓ	πᾰροξῠσμοί păroxŭsmoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: παροξυσμός (paroxysmós)
• → Latin: paroxysmus
  • → French: paroxysme
    • → Polish: paroksyzm

Further reading

• “παροξυσμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• παροξυσμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παροξυσμός (paroxusmós).

Noun

παροξυσμός • (paroxysmós) m (plural παροξυσμοί)

1. paroxysm
2. spasm

Declension

Declension of παροξυσμός

	singular	plural
nominative	παροξυσμός (paroxysmós)	παροξυσμοί (paroxysmoí)
genitive	παροξυσμού (paroxysmoú)	παροξυσμών (paroxysmón)
accusative	παροξυσμό (paroxysmó)	παροξυσμούς (paroxysmoús)
vocative	παροξυσμέ (paroxysmé)	παροξυσμοί (paroxysmoí)

Further reading

• παροξυσμός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language