πτίλωσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πτῐλόω (ptĭlóō) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs).

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 • (ptĭ́lōsĭs) 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 ptĭ́lōsĭs	τὼ πτῐλώσει tṑ ptĭlṓsei	αἱ πτῐλώσεις hai ptĭlṓseis
Genitive	τῆς πτῐλώσεως tês ptĭlṓseōs	τοῖν πτῐλωσέοιν toîn ptĭlōséoin	τῶν πτῐλώσεων tôn ptĭlṓseōn
Dative	τῇ πτῐλώσει têi ptĭlṓsei	τοῖν πτῐλωσέοιν toîn ptĭlōséoin	ταῖς πτῐλώσεσῐ / πτῐλώσεσῐν taîs ptĭlṓsesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν πτῐ́λωσῐν tḕn ptĭ́lōsĭn	τὼ πτῐλώσει tṑ ptĭlṓsei	τᾱ̀ς πτῐλώσεις tā̀s ptĭlṓseis
Vocative	πτῐ́λωσῐ ptĭ́lōsĭ	πτῐλώσει ptĭlṓsei	πτῐλώσεις ptĭlṓseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (plumage): πτέρωσῐς (ptérōsĭs)

Descendants

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

References

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