ποδάγρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

πούς (poús, “foot”) +‎ ἄγρᾱ (ágrā, “hunting”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /po.dá.ɡraː/ → /poˈða.ɣra/ → /poˈða.ɣra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /po.dá.ɡraː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /poˈda.ɡra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /poˈða.ɣra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /poˈða.ɣra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /poˈða.ɣra/

Noun

ποδᾰ́γρᾱ • (podágrā) f (genitive ποδᾰ́γρᾱς); first declension

1. trap for the feet
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 1.28.
   • Palatine Anthology 6.296
   • Oppian, Cynegetica 1.156
2. (of dogs, oxen, horses) foot disease
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 8.Κεφάλαιο 22
     • Aristotle, History of Animals 8.Κεφάλαιο 23
     • Aristotle, History of Animals 8.Κεφάλαιο 24
3. (of human beings) gout of the foot
   • 40 CE – 90 CE, Dioscorides, 1 104
   • 108 CE, Arrian, Discourses of Epictetus 3.22.40
   • 170 CE – 250 CE, Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 4.30
   • 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 15.1.43

Declension

First declension of ἡ ποδᾰ́γρᾱ; τῆς ποδᾰ́γρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ποδᾰ́γρᾱ hē podágrā	τὼ ποδᾰ́γρᾱ tṑ podágrā	αἱ ποδᾰ́γραι hai podágrai
Genitive	τῆς ποδᾰ́γρᾱς tês podágrās	τοῖν ποδᾰ́γραιν toîn podágrain	τῶν ποδᾰγρῶν tôn podagrôn
Dative	τῇ ποδᾰ́γρᾳ têi podágrāi	τοῖν ποδᾰ́γραιν toîn podágrain	ταῖς ποδᾰ́γραις taîs podágrais
Accusative	τὴν ποδᾰ́γρᾱν tḕn podágrān	τὼ ποδᾰ́γρᾱ tṑ podágrā	τᾱ̀ς ποδᾰ́γρᾱς tā̀s podágrās
Vocative	ποδᾰ́γρᾱ podágrā	ποδᾰ́γρᾱ podágrā	ποδᾰ́γραι podágrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “gout of the foot”): χειρᾰ́γρᾱ (kheirágrā)

Derived terms

• ποδᾰγράω (podagráō)
• ποδᾰγριάω (podagriáō)
• ποδᾰγρῐκός (podagrikós)
• ποδᾰγρός (podagrós)

 

Descendants

• Greek: ποδάγρα (podágra)
  • → Albanian: podagër
  • → Romanian: podagră
• → Latin: podagra
  • Catalan: pruaga
  • Italian: podagra
  • → Old English: podagre
    • Middle English: potagra, podegra, podagra
      • English: podagra
  • French: pouacre
  • → Middle Dutch: podāger, podēgra, podāgre
    • Dutch: podagra
  • → Old French: podagre
    • Middle French: podagre
      • French: podagre
    • → Middle English: podagre
      • English: podagre
  • → Middle High German: pōdāgrā
    • German: Podagra
  • → Middle Low German: podāgra, podōgra, podāger, podāgel, pedāgel

Further reading

• “ποδάγρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ποδάγρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ποδάγρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ποδᾰ́γρᾱ (podágrā, “trap for the feet; a foot disease (of dogs, oxen, and horses); gout (of human beings)”), from πούς (poús, “foot”) +‎ ἄγρᾱ (ágrā, “hunting”).

Noun

ποδάγρα • (podágra) f (plural ποδάγρες)

1. gout, podagra

Declension

Declension of ποδάγρα

	singular	plural
nominative	ποδάγρα •	ποδάγρες •
genitive	ποδάγρας •	—
accusative	ποδάγρα •	ποδάγρες •
vocative	ποδάγρα •	ποδάγρες •

Synonyms

• ουρική αρθρίτιδα f (ourikí arthrítida)

Descendants

• → Albanian: podagër
• → Romanian: podagră

Further reading

• Ουρική αρθρίτιδα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el