πτίλωσις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πτῐλόω (ptĭlóō) + -σῐς (-sĭs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ptí.lɔː.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpti.lo.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpti.lo.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpti.lo.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpti.lo.sis/
Noun
πτῐ́λωσῐς • (ptĭ́lōsĭs) f (genitive πτῐλώσεως); third declension
- plumage
- a disease of the eyelids in which their edges become swollen and inflamed, and the eyelashes fall off
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ πτῐ́λωσῐς hē ptĭ́lōsĭs |
τὼ πτῐλώσει tṑ ptĭlṓsei |
αἱ πτῐλώσεις hai ptĭlṓseis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς πτῐλώσεως tês ptĭlṓseōs |
τοῖν πτῐλωσέοιν toîn ptĭlōséoin |
τῶν πτῐλώσεων tôn ptĭlṓseōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ πτῐλώσει tēî ptĭlṓsei |
τοῖν πτῐλωσέοιν toîn ptĭlōséoin |
ταῖς πτῐλώσεσῐ / πτῐλώσεσῐν taîs ptĭlṓsesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν πτῐ́λωσῐν tḕn ptĭ́lōsĭn |
τὼ πτῐλώσει tṑ ptĭlṓsei |
τᾱ̀ς πτῐλώσεις tā̀s ptĭlṓseis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πτῐ́λωσῐ ptĭ́lōsĭ |
πτῐλώσει ptĭlṓsei |
πτῐλώσεις ptĭlṓseis | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- (plumage): πτέρωσῐς (ptérōsĭs)
Descendants
References
- “πτίλωσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press