ἐμφύσημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐμφῡσᾰ́ω (emphūsáō, “I inflate”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /em.pʰy̌ː.sɛː.ma/ → /emˈɸy.si.ma/ → /emˈfi.si.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /em.pʰy̌ː.sɛː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /emˈpʰy.se̝.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /emˈɸy.si.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /emˈfy.si.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /emˈfi.si.ma/

Noun

ἐμφῡ́σημᾰ • (emphū́sēma) n (genitive ἐμφῡσήμᾰτος); third declension

1. (pathology) An inflation of the stomach
2. A swelling of the eyes or of the knees

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ἐμφῡ́σημᾰ; τοῦ ἐμφῡσήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐμφῡ́σημᾰ tò emphū́sēma	τὼ ἐμφῡσήμᾰτε tṑ emphūsḗmate	τᾰ̀ ἐμφῡσήμᾰτᾰ tà emphūsḗmata
Genitive	τοῦ ἐμφῡσήμᾰτος toû emphūsḗmatos	τοῖν ἐμφῡσημᾰ́τοιν toîn emphūsēmátoin	τῶν ἐμφῡσημᾰ́των tôn emphūsēmátōn
Dative	τῷ ἐμφῡσήμᾰτῐ tôi emphūsḗmati	τοῖν ἐμφῡσημᾰ́τοιν toîn emphūsēmátoin	τοῖς ἐμφῡσήμᾰσῐ / ἐμφῡσήμᾰσῐν toîs emphūsḗmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἐμφῡ́σημᾰ tò emphū́sēma	τὼ ἐμφῡσήμᾰτε tṑ emphūsḗmate	τᾰ̀ ἐμφῡσήμᾰτᾰ tà emphūsḗmata
Vocative	ἐμφῡ́σημᾰ emphū́sēma	ἐμφῡσήμᾰτε emphūsḗmate	ἐμφῡσήμᾰτᾰ emphūsḗmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: emphysema

Further reading

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