διάρροια

See also: Διάρροια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δῐᾰρρέω (diarrhéō) +‎ -ιᾰ (-ia).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.ár̥.r̥oi̯.a/ → /ðiˈar.ry.a/ → /ðiˈa.ri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.ár̥.r̥oi̯.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /diˈar.ry.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈar.ry.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈar.ry.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðiˈa.ri.a/

Noun

δῐᾰ́ρροιᾰ • (diárrhoia) f (genitive δῐᾰρροίᾱς); first declension

1. (medicine, once fully as κοιλίας διάρροια) flowing through, diarrhoea
   • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Aphorisms 3.21
   • 446 BCE – 386 BCE, Aristophanes, Fragments 150
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.49
   • 360 BCE, Plato, Timaeus 85e
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 605a.27
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Gaius Marius 30

Declension

First declension of ἡ δῐᾰ́ρροιᾰ; τῆς δῐᾰρροίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δῐᾰ́ρροιᾰ hē diárrhoia	τὼ δῐᾰρροίᾱ tṑ diarrhoíā	αἱ δῐᾰ́ρροιαι hai diárrhoiai
Genitive	τῆς δῐᾰρροίᾱς tês diarrhoíās	τοῖν δῐᾰρροίαιν toîn diarrhoíain	τῶν δῐᾰρροιῶν tôn diarrhoiôn
Dative	τῇ δῐᾰρροίᾳ têi diarrhoíāi	τοῖν δῐᾰρροίαιν toîn diarrhoíain	ταῖς δῐᾰρροίαις taîs diarrhoíais
Accusative	τὴν δῐᾰ́ρροιᾰν tḕn diárrhoian	τὼ δῐᾰρροίᾱ tṑ diarrhoíā	τᾱ̀ς δῐᾰρροίᾱς tā̀s diarrhoíās
Vocative	δῐᾰ́ρροιᾰ diárrhoia	δῐᾰρροίᾱ diarrhoíā	δῐᾰ́ρροιαι diárrhoiai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δῐᾰ́ρροιᾰ εἰς οὖρᾰ (diárrhoia eis oûra, “diabetes”)
• δῐᾰρροῐ̈κός (diarrhoïkós)

Related terms

• Διάρροια (Diárrhoia)

Descendants

• Greek: διάρροια (diárroia)
• Latin: diarrhoea

References

• “διάρροια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• διάρροια in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek διάρροια (diárrhoia).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðiˈaɾia/
• IPA^(key): /ˈðʝaɾia/
• Hyphenation: δι‧ά‧ρροι‧α
• Hyphenation: διά‧ρροι‧α

Noun

διάρροια • (diárroia) f (plural διάρροιες)

1. (medicine) diarrhoea (UK), diarrhea (US) (frequent and very fluid or watery bowel movements)

   Έφαγε χαλασμένο ψάρι και την έπιασε διάρροια. ― Éfage chalasméno psári kai tin épiase diárroia. ― She ate a spoiled fish and got diarrhea.

Declension

Declension of διάρροια

	singular	plural
nominative	διάρροια •	διάρροιες •
genitive	διάρροιας •	—
accusative	διάρροια •	διάρροιες •
vocative	διάρροια •	διάρροιες •

Synonyms

• (diarrhea): ευκοιλιότητα f (efkoiliótita), ευκοίλια f (efkoília), κόψιμο n (kópsimo), τσίρλα f (tsírla) (colloquial)

Antonyms

• (diarrhea): δυσκοιλιότητα f (dyskoiliótita, “constipation”)

Derived terms

• διαρροϊκός (diarroïkós, “diarrheal, diarrheic”) (adjective)
• λογοδιάρροια f (logodiárroia, “uncontrollable chatter”)

Related terms

• διαρροή f (diarroḯ, “leak, loss”)
• διαρρέω (diarréo, “to leak”)