ἐλεφαντίασις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐλεφᾰντῐᾰ́ω (elephantiáō) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.le.pʰan.tí.aː.sis/ → /e.le.ɸanˈti.a.sis/ → /e.le.fanˈdi.a.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.le.pʰan.tí.aː.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.le.pʰanˈti.a.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.le.ɸanˈti.a.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.le.fanˈti.a.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.le.fanˈdi.a.sis/

Noun

ἐλεφᾰντῐ́ᾱσῐς • (elephantíāsis) f (genitive ἐλεφᾰντῐᾱ́σεως); third declension

1. elephantiasis (disease)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἐλεφᾰντῐ́ᾱσῐς; τῆς ἐλεφᾰντῐᾱ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐλεφᾰντῐ́ᾱσῐς hē elephantíāsis	τὼ ἐλεφᾰντῐᾱ́σει tṑ elephantiā́sei	αἱ ἐλεφᾰντῐᾱ́σεις hai elephantiā́seis
Genitive	τῆς ἐλεφᾰντῐᾱ́σεως tês elephantiā́seōs	τοῖν ἐλεφᾰντῐᾱσέοιν toîn elephantiāséoin	τῶν ἐλεφᾰντῐᾱ́σεων tôn elephantiā́seōn
Dative	τῇ ἐλεφᾰντῐᾱ́σει têi elephantiā́sei	τοῖν ἐλεφᾰντῐᾱσέοιν toîn elephantiāséoin	ταῖς ἐλεφᾰντῐᾱ́σεσῐ / ἐλεφᾰντῐᾱ́σεσῐν taîs elephantiā́sesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἐλεφᾰντῐ́ᾱσῐν tḕn elephantíāsin	τὼ ἐλεφᾰντῐᾱ́σει tṑ elephantiā́sei	τᾱ̀ς ἐλεφᾰντῐᾱ́σεις tā̀s elephantiā́seis
Vocative	ἐλεφᾰντῐ́ᾱσῐ elephantíāsi	ἐλεφᾰντῐᾱ́σει elephantiā́sei	ἐλεφᾰντῐᾱ́σεις elephantiā́seis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• ἐλεφᾰντῐ́ᾱ (elephantíā) (Byzantine)

Descendants

• Latin: elephantiasis

References

• “ἐλεφαντίᾱσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐλεφαντίασις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐλεφαντίασις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)