χτικιό

Greek

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Byzantine Greek κτικιό (ktikió), from κτικιάζω (ktikiázō, “to get consumption, to contract tuberculosis”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Koine Greek ἑκτικός (hektikós, “habitual, hectic, consumptive”), from ἕξις (héxis, “a state or habit of body or of mind, condition”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xtiˈco/
• Hyphenation: χτι‧κιό

Noun

χτικιό • (chtikió) n (uncountable)

1. (colloquial, dated) consumption (pulmonary tuberculosis)

   Παλιά, παρά πολύ άνθρωποι έβγαλαν το χτικιό αλλά τώρα είναι θεραπεύσιμο. ― Paliá, pará polý ánthropoi évgalan to chtikió allá tóra eínai therapéfsimo. ― In the olden days, many people got consumption but nowadays it's treatable.

   • 1922, Kostas Varnalis, Οι Μοιραίοι [Those Resigned To Fate]:

     Τ’ άλλου κοντόημερ’ η γυναίκα,
     Στο σπίτι λυώνει από χτικιό.

     T’ állou kontóimer’ i gynaíka,
     Sto spíti lyónei apó chtikió.

     Another's wife's days are numbered,
     She's wasting away from consumption.

2. (colloquial, figuratively) hardship, suffering, trial, tribulation (difficulty or trouble)

   Η δουλειά μου είναι μεγάλο χτικιό. ― I douleiá mou eínai megálo chtikió. ― My job is very trying.

Declension

  χτικιό

case     \     number	singular
nominative	χτικιό •
genitive	χτικιού •
accusative	χτικιό •
vocative	χτικιό •
The genitive is uncommon and considered awkward by scholars.

Synonyms

• φυματίωση f (fymatíosi, “tuberculosis”)
• φθίση f (fthísi, “consumption”)

Derived terms

• χτικιάρης m (chtikiáris, “consumptive male”)
• χτικιάρα f (chtikiára, “consumptive female”)

Related terms

• χτικιάζω (chtikiázo, “to catch tuberculosis”)