νόσημα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • νούσημᾰ (noúsēma) Ionic

Etymology

From νοσέω (noséō, I am sick) + -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

νόσημᾰ (nósēma) n (genitive νοσήμᾰτος); third declension

  1. sickness, disease, plague, affliction
    • 409 BCE, Sophocles, Philoctetes 755
      δεινόν γε τοὐπίσαγμα τοῦ νοσήματος.
      deinón ge toupísagma toû nosḗmatos.
      Frightful must be the burden of your illness!
  2. (figuratively)
    • 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 227
      ἔνεστι γάρ πως τοῦτο τῇ τυραννίδι νόσημα, τοῖς φίλοισι μὴ πεποιθέναι
      énesti gár pōs toûto têi turannídi nósēma, toîs phíloisi mḕ pepoithénai
      For it is a disease that is somehow inherent in tyranny, to have no faith in friends.

Inflection

Derived terms

  • νοσημᾰτῐκός (nosēmatikós)
  • νοσημᾰ́τῐον (nosēmátion)
  • νοσημᾰτώδης (nosēmatṓdēs)

Descendants

Further reading

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