ἴσχαιμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἴσχω (ískhō, “to restrain, stop”) +‎ αἷμα (haîma, “blood”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ís.kʰai̯.mos/ → /ˈis.çɛ.mos/ → /ˈis.çe.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ís.kʰai̯.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈis.kʰɛ.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈis.çɛ.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈis.çe.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈis.çe.mos/

Adjective

ἴσχαιμος • (ískhaimos) m or f (neuter ἴσχαιμον); second declension

1. (medicine) staunching blood, styptic

Declension

Second declension of ἰ̆σχαιμος; ἰ̆σχαιμον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἰ̆σχαιμος iskhaimos	ἰ̆σχαιμον iskhaimon		ἰ̆σχαίμω iskhaímō	ἰ̆σχαίμω iskhaímō		ἰ̆σχαιμοι iskhaimoi	ἰ̆σχαιμᾰ iskhaima
Genitive		ἰ̆σχαίμου iskhaímou	ἰ̆σχαίμου iskhaímou		ἰ̆σχαίμοιν iskhaímoin	ἰ̆σχαίμοιν iskhaímoin		ἰ̆σχαίμων iskhaímōn	ἰ̆σχαίμων iskhaímōn
Dative		ἰ̆σχαίμῳ iskhaímōi	ἰ̆σχαίμῳ iskhaímōi		ἰ̆σχαίμοιν iskhaímoin	ἰ̆σχαίμοιν iskhaímoin		ἰ̆σχαίμοις iskhaímois	ἰ̆σχαίμοις iskhaímois
Accusative		ἰ̆σχαιμον iskhaimon	ἰ̆σχαιμον iskhaimon		ἰ̆σχαίμω iskhaímō	ἰ̆σχαίμω iskhaímō		ἰ̆σχαίμους iskhaímous	ἰ̆σχαιμᾰ iskhaima
Vocative		ἰ̆σχαιμε iskhaime	ἰ̆σχαιμον iskhaimon		ἰ̆σχαίμω iskhaímō	ἰ̆σχαίμω iskhaímō		ἰ̆σχαιμοι iskhaimoi	ἰ̆σχαιμᾰ iskhaima
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἰ̆σχαίμως iskhaímōs			ἰ̆σχαιμότερος iskhaimóteros			ἰ̆σχαιμότᾰτος iskhaimótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• →⇒ Latin: ischaemia
  • → English: ischaemia, ischemia
  • → Italian: ischemia
  • → Russian: ишеми́я (išemíja)

Further reading

• ἴσχαιμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ἴσχαιμος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “ἴσχαιμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press