φθισικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

φθίσις (phthísis, “wasting away; consumption”) +‎ -ικός (-ikós)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰtʰi.si.kós/ → /ɸθi.siˈkos/ → /fθi.siˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰtʰi.si.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰtʰi.siˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸθi.siˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fθi.siˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fθi.siˈkos/

Adjective

φθῐσῐκός • (phthĭsĭkós) m (feminine φθῐσῐκή, neuter φθῐσῐκόν); first/second declension

1. consumptive
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Problems 884a.11
   • 40 CE – 90 CE, Dioscorides, Materia medica 1.72
   • 50 CE – 150 CE, Soranus, The Life of Hippocrates 5
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.674b
   • 108 CE, Arrian, Discourses of Epictetus 3.13.20
   • 342 BCE – 290 BCE, Menander 540.7

Inflection

First and second declension of φθῐσῐκός; φθῐσῐκή; φθῐσῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		φθῐσῐκός phthĭsĭkós	φθῐσῐκή phthĭsĭkḗ	φθῐσῐκόν phthĭsĭkón		φθῐσῐκώ phthĭsĭkṓ	φθῐσῐκᾱ́ phthĭsĭkā́	φθῐσῐκώ phthĭsĭkṓ		φθῐσῐκοί phthĭsĭkoí	φθῐσῐκαί phthĭsĭkaí	φθῐσῐκᾰ́ phthĭsĭkắ
Genitive		φθῐσῐκοῦ phthĭsĭkoû	φθῐσῐκῆς phthĭsĭkês	φθῐσῐκοῦ phthĭsĭkoû		φθῐσῐκοῖν phthĭsĭkoîn	φθῐσῐκαῖν phthĭsĭkaîn	φθῐσῐκοῖν phthĭsĭkoîn		φθῐσῐκῶν phthĭsĭkôn	φθῐσῐκῶν phthĭsĭkôn	φθῐσῐκῶν phthĭsĭkôn
Dative		φθῐσῐκῷ phthĭsĭkôi	φθῐσῐκῇ phthĭsĭkêi	φθῐσῐκῷ phthĭsĭkôi		φθῐσῐκοῖν phthĭsĭkoîn	φθῐσῐκαῖν phthĭsĭkaîn	φθῐσῐκοῖν phthĭsĭkoîn		φθῐσῐκοῖς phthĭsĭkoîs	φθῐσῐκαῖς phthĭsĭkaîs	φθῐσῐκοῖς phthĭsĭkoîs
Accusative		φθῐσῐκόν phthĭsĭkón	φθῐσῐκήν phthĭsĭkḗn	φθῐσῐκόν phthĭsĭkón		φθῐσῐκώ phthĭsĭkṓ	φθῐσῐκᾱ́ phthĭsĭkā́	φθῐσῐκώ phthĭsĭkṓ		φθῐσῐκούς phthĭsĭkoús	φθῐσῐκᾱ́ς phthĭsĭkā́s	φθῐσῐκᾰ́ phthĭsĭkắ
Vocative		φθῐσῐκέ phthĭsĭké	φθῐσῐκή phthĭsĭkḗ	φθῐσῐκόν phthĭsĭkón		φθῐσῐκώ phthĭsĭkṓ	φθῐσῐκᾱ́ phthĭsĭkā́	φθῐσῐκώ phthĭsĭkṓ		φθῐσῐκοί phthĭsĭkoí	φθῐσῐκαί phthĭsĭkaí	φθῐσῐκᾰ́ phthĭsĭkắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		φθῐσῐκῶς phthĭsĭkôs				φθῐσῐκώτερος phthĭsĭkṓteros				φθῐσῐκώτᾰτος phthĭsĭkṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: phthisicus (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

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