ἄλθεξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly from the theorized form *ἀλθέσσω (*althéssō) suffixed with -ις (-is). Ultimately from Proto-Hellenic *h₂el-dʰ-, itself from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow, nourish”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ál.tʰek.sis/ → /ˈal.θek.sis/ → /ˈal.θek.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ál.tʰek.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈal.tʰek.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈal.θek.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈal.θek.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈal.θek.sis/

Noun

ἄλθεξις • (álthexis) f (genitive ἄλθεξεως); third declension

1. (medicine) healing, cure, remedy
   • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates of Kos, Fractures 10:

     Τὰ δὲ κοινωνέοντα τοῖσι τῆς κνήμης ὀστέοισι μείζω τε τῶν ἑτέρων ἐστί, καὶ κινηθέντων τούτων πολυχρονιωτέρη ἡ ἄλθεξις

     Tà dè koinōnéonta toîsi tês knḗmēs ostéoisi meízō te tôn hetérōn estí, kaì kinēthéntōn toútōn polukhroniōtérē hē álthexis

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἄλθεξῐς; τῆς ἀλθέξεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἄλθεξῐς hē álthexĭs	τὼ ἀλθέξει tṑ althéxei	αἱ ἀλθέξεις hai althéxeis
Genitive	τῆς ἀλθέξεως tês althéxeōs	τοῖν ἀλθεξέοιν toîn althexéoin	τῶν ἀλθέξεων tôn althéxeōn
Dative	τῇ ἀλθέξει têi althéxei	τοῖν ἀλθεξέοιν toîn althexéoin	ταῖς ἀλθέξεσῐ / ἀλθέξεσῐν taîs althéxesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἄλθεξῐν tḕn álthexĭn	τὼ ἀλθέξει tṑ althéxei	τᾱ̀ς ἀλθέξεις tā̀s althéxeis
Vocative	ἄλθεξῐ álthexĭ	ἀλθέξει althéxei	ἀλθέξεις althéxeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• ἀλθαίνω (althaínō)
• ἀλθεστήρια (althestḗria)
• ἀλθεύς (altheús)
• ἀλθέω (althéō)
• ἀλθήεις (althḗeis)
• ἄλθησις (álthēsis)
• ἀλθήσκω (althḗskō)
• ἀλθηστήριον (althēstḗrion)
• ἀλθίσκω (althískō)
• ἄλθομαι (álthomai)
• ἄλθος (álthos)
• ἀναλθής (analthḗs)
• ἀπαλθαίνομαι (apalthaínomai)
• ἐπαλθαίνω (epalthaínō)
• ἐπαλθέω (epalthéō)
• ἐπαλθής (epalthḗs)

References

• “ἄλθεξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἄλθεξις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄλθεξις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• ἄλθεξις, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011