ὄζαινα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὄζω (ózō, “to smell”) +‎ -αινᾰ (-aina).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /óz.dai̯.na/ → /ˈo.zɛ.na/ → /ˈo.ze.na/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /óz.dai̯.na/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈo.zɛ.na/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.zɛ.na/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ze.na/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ze.na/

Noun

ὄζαινᾰ • (ózaina) f (genitive ὀζαίνης); first declension

1. (pathology) ozaena, a type of chronic rhinitis
2. fetid kind of octopus

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ὄζαινᾰ; τῆς ὀζαίνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὄζαινᾰ hē ózaina	τὼ ὀζαίνᾱ tṑ ozaínā	αἱ ὄζαιναι hai ózainai
Genitive	τῆς ὀζαίνης tês ozaínēs	τοῖν ὀζαίναιν toîn ozaínain	τῶν ὀζαινῶν tôn ozainôn
Dative	τῇ ὀζαίνῃ têi ozaínēi	τοῖν ὀζαίναιν toîn ozaínain	ταῖς ὀζαίναις taîs ozaínais
Accusative	τὴν ὄζαινᾰν tḕn ózainan	τὼ ὀζαίνᾱ tṑ ozaínā	τᾱ̀ς ὀζαίνᾱς tā̀s ozaínās
Vocative	ὄζαινᾰ ózaina	ὀζαίνᾱ ozaínā	ὄζαιναι ózainai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: ozaena

References

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