φθισικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

φθίσις (phthísis, “wasting away; consumption”) +‎ -ικός (-ikós)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰtʰi.si.kós/ → /ɸθi.siˈkos/ → /fθi.siˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰtʰi.si.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰtʰi.siˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸθi.siˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fθi.siˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fθi.siˈkos/

Adjective

φθῐσῐκός • (phthisikós) m (feminine φθῐσῐκή, neuter φθῐσῐκόν); first/second declension

1. consumptive
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Problems 884a.11
   • 40 CE – 90 CE, Dioscorides, Materia medica 1.72
   • 50 CE – 150 CE, Soranus, The Life of Hippocrates 5
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.674b
   • 108 CE, Arrian, Discourses of Epictetus 3.13.20
   • 342 BCE – 290 BCE, Menander 540.7

Inflection

First and second declension of φθῐσῐκός; φθῐσῐκή; φθῐσῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		φθῐσῐκός phthisikós	φθῐσῐκή phthisikḗ	φθῐσῐκόν phthisikón		φθῐσῐκώ phthisikṓ	φθῐσῐκᾱ́ phthisikā́	φθῐσῐκώ phthisikṓ		φθῐσῐκοί phthisikoí	φθῐσῐκαί phthisikaí	φθῐσῐκᾰ́ phthisiká
Genitive		φθῐσῐκοῦ phthisikoû	φθῐσῐκῆς phthisikês	φθῐσῐκοῦ phthisikoû		φθῐσῐκοῖν phthisikoîn	φθῐσῐκαῖν phthisikaîn	φθῐσῐκοῖν phthisikoîn		φθῐσῐκῶν phthisikôn	φθῐσῐκῶν phthisikôn	φθῐσῐκῶν phthisikôn
Dative		φθῐσῐκῷ phthisikôi	φθῐσῐκῇ phthisikêi	φθῐσῐκῷ phthisikôi		φθῐσῐκοῖν phthisikoîn	φθῐσῐκαῖν phthisikaîn	φθῐσῐκοῖν phthisikoîn		φθῐσῐκοῖς phthisikoîs	φθῐσῐκαῖς phthisikaîs	φθῐσῐκοῖς phthisikoîs
Accusative		φθῐσῐκόν phthisikón	φθῐσῐκήν phthisikḗn	φθῐσῐκόν phthisikón		φθῐσῐκώ phthisikṓ	φθῐσῐκᾱ́ phthisikā́	φθῐσῐκώ phthisikṓ		φθῐσῐκούς phthisikoús	φθῐσῐκᾱ́ς phthisikā́s	φθῐσῐκᾰ́ phthisiká
Vocative		φθῐσῐκέ phthisiké	φθῐσῐκή phthisikḗ	φθῐσῐκόν phthisikón		φθῐσῐκώ phthisikṓ	φθῐσῐκᾱ́ phthisikā́	φθῐσῐκώ phthisikṓ		φθῐσῐκοί phthisikoí	φθῐσῐκαί phthisikaí	φθῐσῐκᾰ́ phthisiká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		φθῐσῐκῶς phthisikôs				φθῐσῐκώτερος phthisikṓteros				φθῐσῐκώτᾰτος phthisikṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: phthisicus (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

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