παρωνυχία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From παρα- (para-, “near”) +‎ ὄνυξ (ónux, “nail”) +‎ -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.rɔː.ny.kʰí.aː/ → /pa.ro.nyˈçi.a/ → /pa.ro.niˈçi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.rɔː.ny.kʰí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pa.ro.nyˈkʰi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pa.ro.nyˈçi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pa.ro.nyˈçi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pa.ro.niˈçi.a/

Noun

πᾰρωνῠχῐ́ᾱ • (parōnukhíā) f (genitive πᾰρωνῠχῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. (medicine) paronychia, whitlow
2. nailwort (Paronychia spp, esp. Paronychia capitata)

   Synonym: ἀκιδωτός (akidōtós)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πᾰρωνῠχῐ́ᾱ; τῆς πᾰρωνῠχῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πᾰρωνῠχῐ́ᾱ hē parōnukhíā	τὼ πᾰρωνῠχῐ́ᾱ tṑ parōnukhíā	αἱ πᾰρωνῠχῐ́αι hai parōnukhíai
Genitive	τῆς πᾰρωνῠχῐ́ᾱς tês parōnukhíās	τοῖν πᾰρωνῠχῐ́αιν toîn parōnukhíain	τῶν πᾰρωνῠχῐῶν tôn parōnukhiôn
Dative	τῇ πᾰρωνῠχῐ́ᾳ têi parōnukhíāi	τοῖν πᾰρωνῠχῐ́αιν toîn parōnukhíain	ταῖς πᾰρωνῠχῐ́αις taîs parōnukhíais
Accusative	τὴν πᾰρωνῠχῐ́ᾱν tḕn parōnukhíān	τὼ πᾰρωνῠχῐ́ᾱ tṑ parōnukhíā	τᾱ̀ς πᾰρωνῠχῐ́ᾱς tā̀s parōnukhíās
Vocative	πᾰρωνῠχῐ́ᾱ parōnukhíā	πᾰρωνῠχῐ́ᾱ parōnukhíā	πᾰρωνῠχῐ́αι parōnukhíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: parōnychia, parōnychium
  • Late Latin: panāricium (see there for further descendants)
• → Translingual: Paronychia

Further reading

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

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παρωνυχία (parōnukhía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ɾo.niˈçi.a/
• Hyphenation: πα‧ρω‧νυ‧χί‧α

Noun

παρωνυχία • (paronychía) f (plural παρωνυχίες)

1. (medicine) whitlow, paronychia

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	παρωνυχία (paronychía)	παρωνυχίες (paronychíes)
genitive	παρωνυχίας (paronychías)	παρωνυχιών (paronychión)
accusative	παρωνυχία (paronychía)	παρωνυχίες (paronychíes)
vocative	παρωνυχία (paronychía)	παρωνυχίες (paronychíes)