σύμπτωμα

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From συμπίπτω (sumpíptō, happen, occur) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σῠ́μπτωμᾰ (súmptōman (genitive σῠμπτώμᾰτος); third declension

  1. anything that has befallen one, a chance, casualty
    1. often in a bad sense, mishap
  2. (of diseases) symptom
    • 100 BCE – 1 BCE, Plato, Axiochus 364C
    • Aretaeus of Cappadocia, De Causis et Signis Diuturnorum Morborum I.3
  3. a falling in, collapse

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σύμπτωμα (súmptōma).

Noun

σύμπτωμα (sýmptoman (plural συμπτώματα)

  1. symptom
  2. (figuratively) sign

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