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ἄφθα

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄφθα ἄφθης

Structure: ἀφθ (Stem) + α (Ending)

Sense

  1. a mouth ulcer

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • εὐήθεα μὲν ὁκοῖα καθαρά ἐστι καὶ σμικρὰ καὶ ἀβαθῆ, οὐδὲ ἐπιφλεγμαίνει, καὶ ἀνώδυνα · λοιμώδεα δὲ ὁκόσα πλατέα, κοῖλα, Ῥυπαρὰ, ἐπιπάγῳ λευκῷ, ἢ πελιδνῷ, ἢ μέλανι συνεχόμενα · ἄφθαι τοὔνομα τοῖσι ἕλκεσι. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 101)
  • Ἐν δὲ τῇσιν ἡλικίῃσι τοιάδε ξυμβαίνει‧ τοῖσι μὲν σμικροῖσι καὶ νεογνοῖσι παιδίοισιν, ἄφθαι, ἔμετοι, βῆχεσ, ἀγρυπνίαι, φόβοι, ὀμφαλοῦ φλεγμοναὶ, ὤτων ὑγρότητεσ. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., AFORISMOI., 31.25)

Synonyms

  1. a mouth ulcer

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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