ἀσκίτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀσκός (askós, “wineskin; paunch, belly”) +‎ -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἀσκῑ́της • (askī́tēs) m (genitive ἀσκῑ́του); first declension

  1. (pathology) Dropsy, ascites.
  2. Patient suffering from ascites.

Inflection

First declension of ὁ ἀσκῑ́της; τοῦ ἀσκῑ́του (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ἀσκῑ́της
ho askī́tēs 		τὼ ἀσκῑ́τᾱ
tṑ askī́tā 		οἱ ἀσκῖται
hoi askîtai
Genitive τοῦ ἀσκῑ́του
toû askī́tou 		τοῖν ἀσκῑ́ταιν
toîn askī́tain 		τῶν ἀσκῑτῶν
tôn askītôn
Dative τῷ ἀσκῑ́τῃ
tōî askī́tēi 		τοῖν ἀσκῑ́ταιν
toîn askī́tain 		τοῖς ἀσκῑ́ταις
toîs askī́tais
Accusative τὸν ἀσκῑ́την
tòn askī́tēn 		τὼ ἀσκῑ́τᾱ
tṑ askī́tā 		τοὺς ἀσκῑ́τᾱς
toùs askī́tās
Vocative ἀσκῖτᾰ
askîtă 		ἀσκῑ́τᾱ
askī́tā 		ἀσκῖται
askîtai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Latin: ascītēs
  • → English: ascites

References

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