ἐρυσίπελας
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See also: ερυσίπελας
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Medical term of unusual formation. Traditionally derived from ἐρῠθρός (eruthrós, “red”) + Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to cover, wrap; skin, hide; cloth”); compare πέλμᾰ (pélma, “sole of foot”) and Latin pellis (“a skin, hide, felt, pelt”). According to Beekes, it may also be of Pre-Greek origin, comparing the first element of the word with the first element of ἐρῠσῑ́βη (erusī́bē, “rust in plants”) and ἐρῠσῐ́σκηπτρον (erusískēptron, “kind of plant”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.ry.sí.pe.las/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.ryˈsi.pe.las/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.ryˈsi.pe.las/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.ryˈsi.pe.las/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.riˈsi.pe.las/
Noun
ἐρῠσῐ́πελᾰς • (erusípelas) n (genitive ἐρῠσῐπέλᾰτος); third declension
- (pathology) erysipelas (a skin disease)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ἐρῠσῐ́πελᾰς tò erusípelas |
τὼ ἐρῠσῐπέλᾰτε tṑ erusipélate |
τᾰ̀ ἐρῠσῐπέλᾰτᾰ tà erusipélata | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἐρῠσῐπέλᾰτος toû erusipélatos |
τοῖν ἐρῠσῐπελᾰ́τοιν toîn erusipelátoin |
τῶν ἐρῠσῐπελᾰ́των tôn erusipelátōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἐρῠσῐπέλᾰτῐ tôi erusipélati |
τοῖν ἐρῠσῐπελᾰ́τοιν toîn erusipelátoin |
τοῖς ἐρῠσῐπέλᾰσῐ / ἐρῠσῐπέλᾰσῐν toîs erusipélasi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ἐρῠσῐ́πελᾰς tò erusípelas |
τὼ ἐρῠσῐπέλᾰτε tṑ erusipélate |
τᾰ̀ ἐρῠσῐπέλᾰτᾰ tà erusipélata | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἐρῠσῐ́πελᾰς erusípelas |
ἐρῠσῐπέλᾰτε erusipélate |
ἐρῠσῐπέλᾰτᾰ erusipélata | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἐρῠσῐπελᾰτώδης (erusipelatṓdēs, adjective)
Descendants
- → Latin: erysipelas
- → English: erysipelas
- Middle English: erisipila
References
- “ἐρυσίπελας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Further reading
- ἐρυσίπελας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἐρυσίπελας”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 467