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φθίσις?

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration: phthisis

Principal Part: φθίσις φθίσεως

Structure: φθισι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. decline, decay
  2. atrophy
  3. consumption (disease)
  4. waning of the moon
  5. contraction of the eye

Declension

Third 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

  • "οἱο῀ν, διὰ τί τῶν ὑπὸ φθίσεως ἢ ὑδέρου διαφθαρέντων τοὺς παῖδας εἰς ὕδωρ τὼ πόδε βρέχοντας καθίζεσθαι κελεύομεν, ἑώς ἂν ὁ νεκρὸς κατακαῇ· (Plutarch, De sera numinis vindicta, section 143)
  • ἐπεὶ δὲ διττὸν τὸ ὄν, μεταβάλλει πᾶν ἐκ τοῦ δυνάμει ὄντος εἰς τὸ ἐνεργείᾳ ὄν οἱο῀ν ἐκ λευκοῦ δυνάμει εἰς τὸ ἐνεργείᾳ λευκόν, ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ ἐπ αὐξήσεως καὶ φθίσεως, ὥστε οὐ μόνον κατὰ συμβεβηκὸς ἐνδέχεται γίγνεσθαι ἐκ μὴ ὄντος, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐξ ὄντος γίγνεται πάντα, δυνάμει μέντοι ὄντος, ἐκ μὴ ὄντος δὲ ἐνεργείᾳ. (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 12 13:1)
  • σώματος γὰρ αὔξης καὶ φθίσεως. (Plato, Republic, book 7 133:2)
  • Ἐτελεύτησε δὲ γηραιὸς ἤδη ὑπὸ φθίσεως, ἱκανὰ συγγράμματα καταλιπών. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, D, Kef. g'. POLEMWN 5:3)

Synonyms

  1. consumption

  2. waning of the moon

  3. contraction of the eye

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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