γάγγραινα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
In antiquity it was compared with γράω (gráō, “to devour”) but this is incorrect. It is most probably a Pre-Greek word from a medical civilization.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡáŋ.ɡrai̯.na/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈɡaŋ.ɡrɛ.na/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɣaŋ.ɡrɛ.na/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈɣaŋ.ɡre.na/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈɣaŋ.ɡre.na/
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Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ γάγγραινᾰ hē gángraina |
τὼ γαγγραίνᾱ tṑ gangraínā |
αἱ γάγγραιναι hai gángrainai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς γαγγραίνᾱς tês gangraínās |
τοῖν γαγγραίναιν toîn gangraínain |
τῶν γαγγραινῶν tôn gangrainôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ γαγγραίνᾳ têi gangraínāi |
τοῖν γαγγραίναιν toîn gangraínain |
ταῖς γαγγραίναις taîs gangraínais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν γάγγραινᾰν tḕn gángrainan |
τὼ γαγγραίνᾱ tṑ gangraínā |
τᾱ̀ς γαγγραίνᾱς tā̀s gangraínās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | γάγγραινᾰ gángraina |
γαγγραίνᾱ gangraínā |
γάγγραιναι gángrainai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- γαγγραινικός (gangrainikós)
- γαγγραινόομαι (gangrainóomai)
- γαγγραινώδης (gangrainṓdēs)
- γαγγραίνωμα (gangraínōma)
- γαγγραίνωσις (gangraínōsis)
Descendants
- Latin: gangraena
Further reading
- γάγγραινα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- γάγγραινα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- γάγγραινα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill
Greek
Declension
Declension of γάγγραινα (gángraina)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | γάγγραινα • |
| genitive | γάγγραινας • |
| accusative | γάγγραινα • |
| vocative | γάγγραινα • |
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