ἐμφύσημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐμφῡσᾰ́ω (emphūsắō, “I inflate”) +‎ -μᾰ (-mă).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /em.pʰy̌ː.sɛː.ma/ → /emˈɸy.si.ma/ → /emˈfi.si.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /em.pʰy̌ː.sɛː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /emˈpʰy.se̝.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /emˈɸy.si.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /emˈfy.si.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /emˈfi.si.ma/

Noun

ἐμφῡ́σημᾰ • (emphū́sēmă) n (genitive ἐμφῡσήμᾰτος); third declension

1. (pathology) inflation of the stomach
2. swelling of the eyes or of the knees

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ἐμφῡ́σημᾰ; τοῦ ἐμφῡσήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐμφῡ́σημᾰ tò emphū́sēmă	τὼ ἐμφῡσήμᾰτε tṑ emphūsḗmăte	τᾰ̀ ἐμφῡσήμᾰτᾰ tằ emphūsḗmătă
Genitive	τοῦ ἐμφῡσήμᾰτος toû emphūsḗmătos	τοῖν ἐμφῡσημᾰ́τοιν toîn emphūsēmắtoin	τῶν ἐμφῡσημᾰ́των tôn emphūsēmắtōn
Dative	τῷ ἐμφῡσήμᾰτῐ tôi emphūsḗmătĭ	τοῖν ἐμφῡσημᾰ́τοιν toîn emphūsēmắtoin	τοῖς ἐμφῡσήμᾰσῐ / ἐμφῡσήμᾰσῐν toîs emphūsḗmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἐμφῡ́σημᾰ tò emphū́sēmă	τὼ ἐμφῡσήμᾰτε tṑ emphūsḗmăte	τᾰ̀ ἐμφῡσήμᾰτᾰ tằ emphūsḗmătă
Vocative	ἐμφῡ́σημᾰ emphū́sēmă	ἐμφῡσήμᾰτε emphūsḗmăte	ἐμφῡσήμᾰτᾰ emphūsḗmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: emphysema

Further reading

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