ἀτροφία

See also: ατροφία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-) +‎ τροφή (trophḗ) +‎ -ίᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἀτροφίᾱ • (atrophíā) f (genitive ἀτροφίᾱς); first declension

  1. lack of food or nourishment
  2. atrophy
  3. starvation diet

Declension

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓τροφῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ᾰ̓τροφῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ ᾰ̓τροφῐ́ᾱ
hē ătrophĭ́ā
Genitive τῆς ᾰ̓τροφῐ́ᾱς
tês ătrophĭ́ās
Dative τῇ ᾰ̓τροφῐ́ᾳ
tēî ătrophĭ́āi
Accusative τὴν ᾰ̓τροφῐ́ᾱν
tḕn ătrophĭ́ān
Vocative ᾰ̓τροφῐ́ᾱ
ătrophĭ́ā
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • ἄτροφος (átrophos)

Descendants

  • Greek: ατροφία (atrofía)
  • Belarusian: атрафі́я (atrafíja)
  • Bulgarian: атро́фия (atrófija)
  • → Latin: atrophia (see there for further descendants)
  • Russian: атрофи́я (atrofíja)
  • → Ukrainian: атрофі́я (atrofíja)

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