δύσπνοια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δύσπνοος (dúspnoos, “short of breath”, adjective) (also δύσπνους (dúspnous) by contraction) +‎ -ῐᾰ (-ĭă, suffix forming abstract nouns), from δῠσ- (dŭs-, “bad-, hard-, ill-”) +‎ πνέω (pnéō, “blow, breathe”) +‎ -ος (-os, suffix forming adjectives).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dýs.pnoi̯.a/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdys.pny.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈðys.pny.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈðys.pny.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈðis.pni.a/

Noun

δῠ́σπνοιᾰ • (dŭ́spnoiă) f (genitive δῠσπνοἰᾱς); first declension

difficulty breathing, shortness of breath
contrary winds

Inflection

First declension of ἡ δῠ́σπνοιᾰ; τῆς δῠσπνοίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δῠ́σπνοιᾰ hē dŭ́spnoiă	τὼ δῠσπνοίᾱ tṑ dŭspnoíā	αἱ δῠ́σπνοιαι hai dŭ́spnoiai
Genitive	τῆς δῠσπνοίᾱς tês dŭspnoíās	τοῖν δῠσπνοίαιν toîn dŭspnoíain	τῶν δῠσπνοιῶν tôn dŭspnoiôn
Dative	τῇ δῠσπνοίᾳ tēî dŭspnoíāi	τοῖν δῠσπνοίαιν toîn dŭspnoíain	ταῖς δῠσπνοίαις taîs dŭspnoíais
Accusative	τὴν δῠ́σπνοιᾰν tḕn dŭ́spnoiăn	τὼ δῠσπνοίᾱ tṑ dŭspnoíā	τᾱ̀ς δῠσπνοίᾱς tā̀s dŭspnoíās
Vocative	δῠ́σπνοιᾰ dŭ́spnoiă	δῠσπνοίᾱ dŭspnoíā	δῠ́σπνοιαι dŭ́spnoiai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

“δύσπνοια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“δύσπνοια”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
δύσπνοια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
δύσπνοια in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- breath idem, page 96.
- breathlessness idem, page 97.
- gasp idem, page 354.
- panting idem, page 591.
- shortness idem, page 769.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δῠ́σπνοιᾰ (dŭ́spnoiă).

Noun

δύσπνοια • (dýspnoia) f (plural δύσπνοιες)

(medicine) dyspnea, dyspnoea (difficult respiration)

Declension

Declension of **δύσπνοια**
	singular	plural
nominative	δύσπνοια (dýspnoia)	δύσπνοιες (dýspnoies)
genitive	δύσπνοιας (dýspnoias)	—
accusative	δύσπνοια (dýspnoia)	δύσπνοιες (dýspnoies)
vocative	δύσπνοια (dýspnoia)	δύσπνοιες (dýspnoies)