ἀρθρῖτις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Formed as: ἄρθρον (árthron, “joint”) +‎ -ῖτις (-îtis), as if the feminine of *ἀρθρίτης (arthrítēs), though no such form is attested.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ar.tʰrîː.tis/ → /arˈθri.tis/ → /arˈθri.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ar.tʰrîː.tis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /arˈtʰri.tis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /arˈθri.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /arˈθri.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /arˈθri.tis/

Adjective

ἀρθρῖτῐς • (arthrîtĭs) (genitive ἀρθρῑ́τῐδος) f, third

1. (medicine) disease of or in the joint

Usage notes

• This adjective exists only in the feminine.

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἀρθρῖτῐς; τῆς ἀρθρῑ́τῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀρθρῖτῐς hē arthrîtĭs	τὼ ἀρθρῑ́τῐδε tṑ arthrī́tĭde	αἱ ἀρθρῑ́τῐδες hai arthrī́tĭdes
Genitive	τῆς ἀρθρῑ́τῐδος tês arthrī́tĭdos	τοῖν ἀρθρῑτῐ́δοιν toîn arthrītĭ́doin	τῶν ἀρθρῑτῐ́δων tôn arthrītĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ ἀρθρῑ́τῐδῐ têi arthrī́tĭdĭ	τοῖν ἀρθρῑτῐ́δοιν toîn arthrītĭ́doin	ταῖς ἀρθρῑ́τῐσῐ / ἀρθρῑ́τῐσῐν taîs arthrī́tĭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀρθρῑ́τῐδᾰ / ἀρθρῖτῐν tḕn arthrī́tĭdă / arthrîtĭn	τὼ ἀρθρῑ́τῐδε tṑ arthrī́tĭde	τᾱ̀ς ἀρθρῑ́τῐδᾰς tā̀s arthrī́tĭdăs
Vocative	ἀρθρῖτῐς arthrîtĭs	ἀρθρῑ́τῐδε arthrī́tĭde	ἀρθρῑ́τῐδες arthrī́tĭdes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• Greek: αρθρίτιδα (arthrítida)
• → Latin: arthrītis
  • English: arthritis

References

• “ἀρθρῖτις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀρθρῖτις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀρθρῖτις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)