ἀναλγησία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀνάλγητος (análgētos, “without pain”), from ἀν- (an-, “not”) +‎ ἀλγέω (algéō, “feel bodily pain, suffer”) +‎ -τος (-tos, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.nal.ɡɛː.sí.aː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.nal.ɡe̝ˈsi.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.nal.ʝiˈsi.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.nal.ʝiˈsi.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.nal.ʝiˈsi.a/

Noun

ἀναλγησίᾱ • (analgēsíā) f (genitive ἀναλγησίᾱς); first declension

Want of feeling, insensibility.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀναλγησίᾱ; τῆς ἀναλγησίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀναλγησίᾱ hē analgēsíā	τὼ ἀναλγησίᾱ tṑ analgēsíā	αἱ ἀναλγησίαι hai analgēsíai
Genitive	τῆς ἀναλγησίᾱς tês analgēsíās	τοῖν ἀναλγησίαιν toîn analgēsíain	τῶν ἀναλγησιῶν tôn analgēsiôn
Dative	τῇ ἀναλγησίᾳ tēî analgēsíāi	τοῖν ἀναλγησίαιν toîn analgēsíain	ταῖς ἀναλγησίαις taîs analgēsíais
Accusative	τὴν ἀναλγησίᾱν tḕn analgēsíān	τὼ ἀναλγησίᾱ tṑ analgēsíā	τᾱ̀ς ἀναλγησίᾱς tā̀s analgēsíās
Vocative	ἀναλγησίᾱ analgēsíā	ἀναλγησίᾱ analgēsíā	ἀναλγησίαι analgēsíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ English: analgesia

References

“ἀναλγησία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press