πτίλωσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πτῐλόω (ptilóō) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ptí.lɔː.sis/ → /ˈpti.lo.sis/ → /ˈpti.lo.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ptí.lɔː.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpti.lo.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpti.lo.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpti.lo.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpti.lo.sis/

Noun

πτῐ́λωσῐς • (ptílōsis) f (genitive πτῐλώσεως); third declension

1. plumage
   • 175 CE – 235 CE, Claudius Aelianus, On the Nature of Animals 16.4
2. a disease of the eyelids in which their edges become swollen and inflamed, and the eyelashes fall off
   • 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 10.1004
   • 400 CE – 600 CE, Aëtius, Sixteen Books on Medicine 7.80

Declension

Third declension of ἡ πτῐ́λωσῐς; τῆς πτῐλώσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πτῐ́λωσῐς hē ptílōsis	τὼ πτῐλώσει tṑ ptilṓsei	αἱ πτῐλώσεις hai ptilṓseis
Genitive	τῆς πτῐλώσεως tês ptilṓseōs	τοῖν πτῐλωσέοιν toîn ptilōséoin	τῶν πτῐλώσεων tôn ptilṓseōn
Dative	τῇ πτῐλώσει têi ptilṓsei	τοῖν πτῐλωσέοιν toîn ptilōséoin	ταῖς πτῐλώσεσῐ / πτῐλώσεσῐν taîs ptilṓsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν πτῐ́λωσῐν tḕn ptílōsin	τὼ πτῐλώσει tṑ ptilṓsei	τᾱ̀ς πτῐλώσεις tā̀s ptilṓseis
Vocative	πτῐ́λωσῐ ptílōsi	πτῐλώσει ptilṓsei	πτῐλώσεις ptilṓseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (plumage): πτέρωσῐς (ptérōsis)

Descendants

• Latin: ptilōsis (New Latin)
  • English: ptilosis
  • Italian: ptilosi

References

• “πτίλωσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press