ἐμφύσημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐμφῡσᾰ́ω (emphūsắō, “I inflate”) +‎ -μᾰ (-mă).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἐμφῡ́σημᾰ • (emphū́sēmă) n (genitive ἐμφῡσήμᾰτος); third declension

  1. (pathology) inflation of the stomach
  2. swelling of the eyes or of the knees

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ἐμφῡ́σημᾰ; τοῦ ἐμφῡσήμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ἐμφῡ́σημᾰ
tò emphū́sēmă 		τὼ ἐμφῡσήμᾰτε
tṑ emphūsḗmăte 		τᾰ̀ ἐμφῡσήμᾰτᾰ
tằ emphūsḗmătă
Genitive τοῦ ἐμφῡσήμᾰτος
toû emphūsḗmătos 		τοῖν ἐμφῡσημᾰ́τοιν
toîn emphūsēmắtoin 		τῶν ἐμφῡσημᾰ́των
tôn emphūsēmắtōn
Dative τῷ ἐμφῡσήμᾰτῐ
tōî emphūsḗmătĭ 		τοῖν ἐμφῡσημᾰ́τοιν
toîn emphūsēmắtoin 		τοῖς ἐμφῡσήμᾰσῐ / ἐμφῡσήμᾰσῐν
toîs emphūsḗmăsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸ ἐμφῡ́σημᾰ
tò emphū́sēmă 		τὼ ἐμφῡσήμᾰτε
tṑ emphūsḗmăte 		τᾰ̀ ἐμφῡσήμᾰτᾰ
tằ emphūsḗmătă
Vocative ἐμφῡ́σημᾰ
emphū́sēmă 		ἐμφῡσήμᾰτε
emphūsḗmăte 		ἐμφῡσήμᾰτᾰ
emphūsḗmătă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → English: emphysema

Further reading

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