ἀναιμία

See also: αναιμία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀν- (an-, negative prefix) + αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) +‎ -ίᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.nai̯.mí.aː/ → /a.nɛˈmi.a/ → /a.neˈmi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.nai̯.mí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.nɛˈmi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.nɛˈmi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.neˈmi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.neˈmi.a/

Noun

ἀναιμίᾱ • (anaimíā) f (genitive ἀναιμίᾱς); first declension

1. lack of blood

Declension

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓ναιμῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ᾰ̓ναιμῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓ναιμῐ́ᾱ hē anaimíā
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓ναιμῐ́ᾱς tês anaimíās
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓ναιμῐ́ᾳ têi anaimíāi
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓ναιμῐ́ᾱν tḕn anaimíān
Vocative	ᾰ̓ναιμῐ́ᾱ anaimíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: αναιμία (anaimía)
• → French: anémie (see there for further descendants)
• → Georgian: ანემია (anemia)

Further reading

• ἀναιμία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀναιμία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἀναιμία”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “ἀναιμία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press