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δύσπνοια

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: δύσπνοια δυσπνοίᾱς

Structure: δυσπνοι (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: from du/spnous

Sense

  1. difficulty breathing, shortness of breath
  2. contrary winds

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

  • Καὶ μέντοι καὶ ἀναγκάζονται κατὰ τὸν μέγαν σπόνδυλον λορδὸν τὸν αὐχένα ἔχειν, ὡσ μὴ προπετὴσ ἐῄ αὐτέοισιν ἡ κεφαλή‧ στενοχωρίην μὲν οὖν πολλην τῇ φάρυγγι παρέχει καὶ τοῦτο, ἐσ τὸ ἔσω Ῥέπον‧ καὶ γὰρ τοῖσιν ὀρθοῖσι φύσει δύσπνοιαν παρέχει τοῦτο τὸ ὀστέον, ἢν ἔσω Ῥέψῃ, ἔστ’ ἂν ἀναπιεχθῇ. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 41.5)
  • Τὰ δὲ ταχύτερον αὐτέων καὶ βραδύτερον Ῥηγνύμενα τοισίδε γιγνώσκειν χρή‧ ἢν μὲν ὁ πόνοσ ἐν ἀρχῇσι γίγνηται, καὶ ἡ δύσπνοια καὶ ἡ βὴξ καὶ ὁ πτυαλισμὸσ διατείνῃ, ἐσ τὰσ εἴκοσιν ἡμέρασ προσδέχεσθαι τὴν Ῥῆξιν, ἢ καὶ ἔτι πρόσθεν‧ ἢν δὲ ἡσυχαίτεροσ ὁ πόνοσ ᾖ, καὶ τἄλλα πάντα κατὰ λόγον, τουτέοισι προσδέχεσθαι τὴν Ῥῆξιν ἐσ ὕστερον‧ γίγνεσθαι δὲ ἀνάγκη καὶ πόνον καὶ δύσπνοιαν καὶ πτυαλισμὸν πρὸ τῆσ τοῦ πύου Ῥήξιοσ. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., PROGNWSTIKON, 17.4)
  • ὁτὲ δὲ διὰ δύσπνοιαν πίπτουσι. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 9 22:8)
  • τὰ δ’ ὑπὲρ τὸν τράχηλον καὶ τὰσ ἀπὸ τῶν νώτων κατατάσεισ καὶ τὸν ἀκριβούμενον ὀπισθότονον ἤδη τόνδε τρόπον ἰάσατο εὐθὺσ, ἐπειδὴ τὴν δύσπνοιαν ἐξιάσατο. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 6:10)

Synonyms

  1. contrary winds

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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