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φρενῖτις

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: φρενῖτις

Structure: φρενῑτιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: frh/n

Sense

  1. inflammation of the brain

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

  • Περὶ δὲ χειρῶν φορῆσ τάδε γιγνώσκω‧ ὁκόσοισιν ἐν πυρετοῖσιν ὀξέσιν, ἢ ἐν περιπλευμονίῃσιν, ἢ ἐν φρενίτισιν, ἢ ἐν κεφαλαλγίῃσι, πρὸ τοῦ προσώπου φερομένασ καὶ θηρευούσασ διὰ κενῆσ, καὶ ἀποκαρφολογεούσασ, καὶ κροκίδασ ἀπὸ τῶν ἱματίων ἀποτιλλούσασ, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ τοίχου ἄχυρα ἀποσπώσασ, πάσα ναι κακὰσ καὶ θανατώδεασ. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., PROGNWSTIKON, 4.1)

Synonyms

  1. inflammation of the brain

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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