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Ancient Greek
Etymology
For earlier *ἄνσθμα (*ánsthma), potentially a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (“breathe”) with an extension of unclear origin, followed by the suffix -μα (-ma) (from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥). Compare ἄνεμος (ánemos, “wind”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /âːstʰ.ma/ → /ˈasθ.ma/ → /ˈasθ.ma/
Noun
ἆσθμᾰ • (âsthma) n (genitive ᾱ̓́σθμᾰτος); third declension
- short-drawn breath, panting
- (medicine) asthma
Inflection
- ἀσθμαίνω (asthmaínō, “pant, gasp for breath”)
Descendants
Further reading
- “ἆσθμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἆσθμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἆσθμα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἆσθμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἆσθμα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἆσθμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)