φθίσις
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰítis (“perishing, decrease”). Cognates include Sanskrit क्षिति (kṣíti, “perishing, downfall”) and Latin sitis (“thirst”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BC Attic): IPA: /pʰtʰísis/
- (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /pʰtʰísis/
- (4th AD Koine): IPA: /ɸθísis/
- (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /ftísis/
- (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /ftísis/
Noun[edit]
φθίσις (genitive φθίσεως) f, third declension; (phthisis)
- decline, decay
- atrophy
- consumption (disease)
- waning of the moon
- contraction of the eye