γονόρροια
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From γόνος (gónos, “sperm, seed”) + ῥοία (rhoía, “flux”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡo.nór̥.r̥oi̯.a/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɡoˈnor.ry.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɣoˈnor.ry.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ɣoˈnor.ry.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ɣoˈno.ri.a/
Noun
γονόρροιᾰ • (gonórrhoiă) f (genitive γονορροίᾱς); first declension
- (pathology) gonorrhea
- blennorrhea (in women)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ γονόρροιᾰ hē gonórrhoiă |
τὼ γονορροίᾱ tṑ gonorrhoíā |
αἱ γονόρροιαι hai gonórrhoiai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς γονορροίᾱς tês gonorrhoíās |
τοῖν γονορροίαιν toîn gonorrhoíain |
τῶν γονορροιῶν tôn gonorrhoiôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ γονορροίᾳ tēî gonorrhoíāi |
τοῖν γονορροίαιν toîn gonorrhoíain |
ταῖς γονορροίαις taîs gonorrhoíais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν γονόρροιᾰν tḕn gonórrhoiăn |
τὼ γονορροίᾱ tṑ gonorrhoíā |
τᾱ̀ς γονορροίᾱς tā̀s gonorrhoíās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | γονόρροιᾰ gonórrhoiă |
γονορροίᾱ gonorrhoíā |
γονόρροιαι gonórrhoiai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Latin: gonorrhoea
Further reading
- “γονόρροια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- γονόρροια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- γονόρροια in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)