φθισικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

φθίσις (phthísis, “wasting away; consumption”) +‎ -ικός (-ikós)

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰtʰi.si.kós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰtʰi.siˈkos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸθi.siˈkos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fθi.siˈkos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fθi.siˈkos/

Adjective

φθῐσῐκός • (phthĭsĭkós) m (feminine φθῐσῐκή, neuter φθῐσῐκόν); first/second declension

consumptive
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Problems 884a.11
- 40 CE – 90 CE, Dioscorides, Materia medica 1.72
- 50 CE – 150 CE, Soranus, The Life of Hippocrates 5
- 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.674b
- 108 CE, Arrian, Discourses of Epictetus 3.13.20
- 342 BCE – 290 BCE, Menander 540.7

Inflection

First and second declension of φθῐσῐκός; φθῐσῐκή; φθῐσῐκόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	φθῐσῐκός phthĭsĭkós	φθῐσῐκή phthĭsĭkḗ	φθῐσῐκόν phthĭsĭkón	φθῐσῐκώ phthĭsĭkṓ	φθῐσῐκᾱ́ phthĭsĭkā́	φθῐσῐκώ phthĭsĭkṓ	φθῐσῐκοί phthĭsĭkoí	φθῐσῐκαί phthĭsĭkaí	φθῐσῐκᾰ́ phthĭsĭkắ
Genitive	φθῐσῐκοῦ phthĭsĭkoû	φθῐσῐκῆς phthĭsĭkês	φθῐσῐκοῦ phthĭsĭkoû	φθῐσῐκοῖν phthĭsĭkoîn	φθῐσῐκαῖν phthĭsĭkaîn	φθῐσῐκοῖν phthĭsĭkoîn	φθῐσῐκῶν phthĭsĭkôn	φθῐσῐκῶν phthĭsĭkôn	φθῐσῐκῶν phthĭsĭkôn
Dative	φθῐσῐκῷ phthĭsĭkōî	φθῐσῐκῇ phthĭsĭkēî	φθῐσῐκῷ phthĭsĭkōî	φθῐσῐκοῖν phthĭsĭkoîn	φθῐσῐκαῖν phthĭsĭkaîn	φθῐσῐκοῖν phthĭsĭkoîn	φθῐσῐκοῖς phthĭsĭkoîs	φθῐσῐκαῖς phthĭsĭkaîs	φθῐσῐκοῖς phthĭsĭkoîs
Accusative	φθῐσῐκόν phthĭsĭkón	φθῐσῐκήν phthĭsĭkḗn	φθῐσῐκόν phthĭsĭkón	φθῐσῐκώ phthĭsĭkṓ	φθῐσῐκᾱ́ phthĭsĭkā́	φθῐσῐκώ phthĭsĭkṓ	φθῐσῐκούς phthĭsĭkoús	φθῐσῐκᾱ́ς phthĭsĭkā́s	φθῐσῐκᾰ́ phthĭsĭkắ
Vocative	φθῐσῐκέ phthĭsĭké	φθῐσῐκή phthĭsĭkḗ	φθῐσῐκόν phthĭsĭkón	φθῐσῐκώ phthĭsĭkṓ	φθῐσῐκᾱ́ phthĭsĭkā́	φθῐσῐκώ phthĭsĭkṓ	φθῐσῐκοί phthĭsĭkoí	φθῐσῐκαί phthĭsĭkaí	φθῐσῐκᾰ́ phthĭsĭkắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	φθῐσῐκῶς phthĭsĭkôs			φθῐσῐκώτερος phthĭsĭkṓteros			φθῐσῐκώτᾰτος phthĭsĭkṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Latin: phthisicus (see there for further descendants)