βουλιμία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βούλῑμος (boúlīmos) +‎ -ίᾱ (-íā)

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βουλῑμῐ́ᾱ • (boulīmĭ́ā) f (genitive βουλῑμῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. (pathology) ravenous hunger (considered as a medical condition)

Declension

First declension of ἡ βουλῑμῐ́ᾱ; τῆς βουλῑμῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ βουλῑμῐ́ᾱ
hē boulīmĭ́ā 		τὼ βουλῑμῐ́ᾱ
tṑ boulīmĭ́ā 		αἱ βουλῑμῐ́αι
hai boulīmĭ́ai
Genitive τῆς βουλῑμῐ́ᾱς
tês boulīmĭ́ās 		τοῖν βουλῑμῐ́αιν
toîn boulīmĭ́ain 		τῶν βουλῑμῐῶν
tôn boulīmĭôn
Dative τῇ βουλῑμῐ́ᾳ
tēî boulīmĭ́āi 		τοῖν βουλῑμῐ́αιν
toîn boulīmĭ́ain 		ταῖς βουλῑμῐ́αις
taîs boulīmĭ́ais
Accusative τὴν βουλῑμῐ́ᾱν
tḕn boulīmĭ́ān 		τὼ βουλῑμῐ́ᾱ
tṑ boulīmĭ́ā 		τᾱ̀ς βουλῑμῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s boulīmĭ́ās
Vocative βουλῑμῐ́ᾱ
boulīmĭ́ā 		βουλῑμῐ́ᾱ
boulīmĭ́ā 		βουλῑμῐ́αι
boulīmĭ́ai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → New Latin: būlīmia (the source of most modern languages’ name for bulimia nervosa)

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