ἐρυσίπελας

See also: ερυσίπελας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Medical term of unusual formation. Traditionally derived from ἐρῠθρός (erŭthrós, “red”) +‎ Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to cover, wrap; skin, hide; cloth”); compare πέλμᾰ (pélmă, “sole of foot”) and Latin pellis (“a skin, hide, felt, pelt”). According to Beekes, it may also be of Pre-Greek origin, comparing the first element of the word with the first element of ἐρῠσῑ́βη (erŭsī́bē, “rust in plants”) and ἐρῠσῐ́σκηπτρον (erŭsĭ́skēptron, “kind of plant”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.ry.sí.pe.las/ → /e.ryˈsi.pe.las/ → /e.riˈsi.pe.las/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.ry.sí.pe.las/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.ryˈsi.pe.las/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.ryˈsi.pe.las/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.ryˈsi.pe.las/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.riˈsi.pe.las/

Noun

ἐρῠσῐ́πελᾰς • (erŭsĭ́pelăs) n (genitive ἐρῠσῐπέλᾰτος); third declension

1. (pathology) erysipelas (a skin disease)

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ἐρῠσῐ́πελᾰς; τοῦ ἐρῠσῐπέλᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐρῠσῐ́πελᾰς tò erŭsĭ́pelăs	τὼ ἐρῠσῐπέλᾰτε tṑ erŭsĭpélăte	τᾰ̀ ἐρῠσῐπέλᾰτᾰ tằ erŭsĭpélătă
Genitive	τοῦ ἐρῠσῐπέλᾰτος toû erŭsĭpélătos	τοῖν ἐρῠσῐπελᾰ́τοιν toîn erŭsĭpelắtoin	τῶν ἐρῠσῐπελᾰ́των tôn erŭsĭpelắtōn
Dative	τῷ ἐρῠσῐπέλᾰτῐ tôi erŭsĭpélătĭ	τοῖν ἐρῠσῐπελᾰ́τοιν toîn erŭsĭpelắtoin	τοῖς ἐρῠσῐπέλᾰσῐ / ἐρῠσῐπέλᾰσῐν toîs erŭsĭpélăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἐρῠσῐ́πελᾰς tò erŭsĭ́pelăs	τὼ ἐρῠσῐπέλᾰτε tṑ erŭsĭpélăte	τᾰ̀ ἐρῠσῐπέλᾰτᾰ tằ erŭsĭpélătă
Vocative	ἐρῠσῐ́πελᾰς erŭsĭ́pelăs	ἐρῠσῐπέλᾰτε erŭsĭpélăte	ἐρῠσῐπέλᾰτᾰ erŭsĭpélătă
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 *-ts.

Derived terms

• ἐρῠσῐπελᾰτώδης (erŭsĭpelătṓdēs, adjective)

Descendants

• → Latin: erysipelas
  • → English: erysipelas
  • Middle English: erisipila

References

• “ἐρυσίπελας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Further reading

• ἐρυσίπελας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἐρυσίπελας”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 467