ἀνορεξία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἀν- (an-, “not”, alpha privativum) +‎ ὄρεξῐς (órexĭs, “yearning”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, abstract-noun-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ᾰ̓νορεξῐ́ᾱ • (ănorexĭ́ā) f (genitive ᾰ̓νορεξῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. lack of appetite
  2. lack of desire

Declension

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓νορεξῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ᾰ̓νορεξῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ᾰ̓νορεξῐ́ᾱ
hē ănorexĭ́ā 		τὼ ᾰ̓νορεξῐ́ᾱ
tṑ ănorexĭ́ā 		αἱ ᾰ̓νορεξῐ́αι
hai ănorexĭ́ai
Genitive τῆς ᾰ̓νορεξῐ́ᾱς
tês ănorexĭ́ās 		τοῖν ᾰ̓νορεξῐ́αιν
toîn ănorexĭ́ain 		τῶν ᾰ̓νορεξῐῶν
tôn ănorexĭôn
Dative τῇ ᾰ̓νορεξῐ́ᾳ
tēî ănorexĭ́āi 		τοῖν ᾰ̓νορεξῐ́αιν
toîn ănorexĭ́ain 		ταῖς ᾰ̓νορεξῐ́αις
taîs ănorexĭ́ais
Accusative τὴν ᾰ̓νορεξῐ́ᾱν
tḕn ănorexĭ́ān 		τὼ ᾰ̓νορεξῐ́ᾱ
tṑ ănorexĭ́ā 		τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓νορεξῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s ănorexĭ́ās
Vocative ᾰ̓νορεξῐ́ᾱ
ănorexĭ́ā 		ᾰ̓νορεξῐ́ᾱ
ănorexĭ́ā 		ᾰ̓νορεξῐ́αι
ănorexĭ́ai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → French: anorexie (learned)

Further reading

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