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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

  • ἐπεὶ τούτῳ γε τῷ λόγῳ χρώμενοι λέγομεν ὅτι κουφότερόν ἐστιν ὀφθαλμία μανίασ καὶ ποδάγρα φρενίτιδοσ, ὁ μὲν γὰρ αἰσθάνεται καὶ καλεῖ τὸν ἰατρὸν κεκραγώσ, καὶ παρόντι τὴν ὄψιν ἀλεῖψαι, τὴν φλέβα τεμεῖν, παραδίδωσιν τῆσ δὲ μαινομένησ Ἀγαύησ ἀκούεισ ὑπὸ τοῦ πάθουσ τὰ φίλτατ’ ἠγνοηκυίασ, ἄγομεν ἐξ· (Plutarch, Animine an corporis affectiones sint peiores, section 3 1:2)
  • ἐπεὶ τούτῳ γε τῷ λόγῳ χρώμενοι λέγομεν, ὅτι κουφότερόν ἐστιν ὀφθαλμία μανίασ καὶ ποδάγρα φρενίτιδοσ. (Plutarch, Animine an corporis affectiones sint peiores, section 3 3:2)
  • ὁ λέγων λειχῆνοσ ἰατρικὴν εἶναι καὶ παρωνυχίασ, πλευρίτιδοσ δὲ καὶ πυρετοῦ καὶ φρενίτιδοσ μὴ εἶναι, τί διαφέρει τοῦ λέγοντοσ ὅτι τῶν μικρῶν καὶ παιδικῶν καθηκόντων εἰσὶ διδασκαλεῖα καὶ λόγοι καὶ ὑποθῆκαι, τῶν δὲ μεγάλων καὶ τελείων ἄλογοσ τριβὴ καὶ περίπτωσίσ ἐστιν; (Plutarch, An virtus doceri possit, section 32)
  • ὁ λέγων λειχῆνοσ ἰατρικὴν εἶναι καὶ παρωνυχίασ, πλευρίτιδοσ δὲ καὶ πυρετοῦ καὶ φρενίτιδοσ μὴ εἶναι, τί διαφέρει τοῦ λέγοντοσ ὅτι τῶν μικρῶν καὶ παιδικῶν καθηκόντων εἰσὶ διδασκαλεῖα καὶ λόγοι καὶ ὑποθῆκαι, τῶν δὲ μεγάλων καὶ τελείων ἄλογοσ τριβὴ καὶ περίπτωσίσ ἔστιν; (Plutarch, An virtus doceri possit, section 32)
  • φρενῖτισ γὰρ εὔτρεπτον ἐσ συγκοπὴν κακόν· ἢν δὲ πολυπληθὴσ ὁ νοσέων ἐῄ, καὶ νεηνίησ, καὶ ἐξ ἀδηφαγίησ καὶ οἰνοφλυγίησ,‐‐οἵδε οὐ τῆσ φρενίτιδοσ ἐάσι οἱ λογισμοὶ,‐‐ ἀλλὰ καὶ ἄνευ παραφορῆσ πολλὸν τουτέων ἀφαιρέειν αἷμα· πολλὸν δὲ μεῖον ἀφαιρέειν, ἢν οἵδε ἐώσι οἱ φρενιτικοί · τάμνειν δὲ φλέβα τουτέων εὐτολμότερον, ἢν ἐξ ὑποχονδρίων καὶ μὴ ἀπὸ κεφαλῆσ ἡ νοῦσοσ ᾖ. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 21)

Synonyms

  1. inflammation of the brain

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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