ἡμικρανία

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ἡμῐ- (hēmi-, half) +‎ κρᾱνῐ́ον (krāníon, head; skull), possibly a calque of Egyptian gs-tp (migraine),[1] from gs (half) + tp (head), although the Egyptian and Greek terms could also be independently derived.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἡμῐκρᾱνῐ́ᾱ (hēmikrāníāf (genitive ἡμῐκρᾱνῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. pain on one side of the head or face, migraine

Inflection

Descendants

  • Latin: hēmicrānia

Further reading

  1. ^ Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 164