τέτανος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From τετανός (tetanós, “stretched, rigid”), a reduplicated formation from τείνω (teínō).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /té.ta.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈte.ta.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈte.ta.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈte.ta.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈte.ta.nos/
Noun
τέτᾰνος • (tétanos) m (genitive τετᾰ́νου); second declension
- Convulsive tension, tetanus.
- an erection of the penis.
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ τέτᾰνος ho tétanos |
τὼ τετᾰ́νω tṑ tetánō |
οἱ τέτᾰνοι hoi tétanoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ τετᾰ́νου toû tetánou |
τοῖν τετᾰ́νοιν toîn tetánoin |
τῶν τετᾰ́νων tôn tetánōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ τετᾰ́νῳ tôi tetánōi |
τοῖν τετᾰ́νοιν toîn tetánoin |
τοῖς τετᾰ́νοις toîs tetánois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν τέτᾰνον tòn tétanon |
τὼ τετᾰ́νω tṑ tetánō |
τοὺς τετᾰ́νους toùs tetánous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | τέτᾰνε tétane |
τετᾰ́νω tetánō |
τέτᾰνοι tétanoi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → English: tetanus
References
- “τέτανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Greek
Noun
τέτανος • (tétanos) m (uncountable)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | τέτανος (tétanos) |
| genitive | τετάνου (tetánou) |
| accusative | τέτανο (tétano) |
| vocative | τέτανε (tétane) |
Related terms
- αντιτετανικός (antitetanikós, “antitetanus”, adjective)
Further reading
τέτανος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
