νόσημα

Ancient Greek

From νοσέω (noséō, “I am sick”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

νόσημᾰ • (nósēma) n (genitive νοσήμᾰτος); third declension

sickness, disease, plague, affliction
- 409 BCE, Sophocles, Philoctetes 755:
  δεινόν γε τοὐπίσαγμα τοῦ νοσήματος.
  deinón ge toupísagma toû nosḗmatos.
  Frightful must be the burden of your illness!
(figuratively)
- 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 227:
  ἔνεστι γάρ πως τοῦτο τῇ τυραννίδι νόσημα, τοῖς φίλοισι μὴ πεποιθέναι
  énesti gár pōs toûto têi turannídi nósēma, toîs phíloisi mḕ pepoithénai
  For it is a disease that is somehow inherent in tyranny, to have no faith in friends.

Third declension of τὸ νόσημᾰ; τοῦ νοσήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ νόσημᾰ tò nósēma	τὼ νοσήμᾰτε tṑ nosḗmate	τᾰ̀ νοσήμᾰτᾰ tà nosḗmata
Genitive	τοῦ νοσήμᾰτος toû nosḗmatos	τοῖν νοσημᾰ́τοιν toîn nosēmátoin	τῶν νοσημᾰ́των tôn nosēmátōn
Dative	τῷ νοσήμᾰτῐ tôi nosḗmati	τοῖν νοσημᾰ́τοιν toîn nosēmátoin	τοῖς νοσήμᾰσῐ / νοσήμᾰσῐν toîs nosḗmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ νόσημᾰ tò nósēma	τὼ νοσήμᾰτε tṑ nosḗmate	τᾰ̀ νοσήμᾰτᾰ tà nosḗmata
Vocative	νόσημᾰ nósēma	νοσήμᾰτε nosḗmate	νοσήμᾰτᾰ nosḗmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.