φθισικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

φθίσις (phthísis, “wasting away; consumption”) +‎ -ικός (-ikós)

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰtʰi.si.kós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰtʰi.siˈkos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸθi.siˈkos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fθi.siˈkos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fθi.siˈkos/

Adjective

φθῐσῐκός • (phthisikós) m (feminine φθῐσῐκή, neuter φθῐσῐκόν); first/second declension

consumptive
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Problems 884a.11
- 40 CE – 90 CE, Dioscorides, Materia medica 1.72
- 50 CE – 150 CE, Soranus, The Life of Hippocrates 5
- 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.674b
- 108 CE, Arrian, Discourses of Epictetus 3.13.20
- 342 BCE – 290 BCE, Menander 540.7

Inflection

First and second declension of φθῐσῐκός; φθῐσῐκή; φθῐσῐκόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	φθῐσῐκός phthisikós	φθῐσῐκή phthisikḗ	φθῐσῐκόν phthisikón	φθῐσῐκώ phthisikṓ	φθῐσῐκᾱ́ phthisikā́	φθῐσῐκώ phthisikṓ	φθῐσῐκοί phthisikoí	φθῐσῐκαί phthisikaí	φθῐσῐκᾰ́ phthisiká
Genitive	φθῐσῐκοῦ phthisikoû	φθῐσῐκῆς phthisikês	φθῐσῐκοῦ phthisikoû	φθῐσῐκοῖν phthisikoîn	φθῐσῐκαῖν phthisikaîn	φθῐσῐκοῖν phthisikoîn	φθῐσῐκῶν phthisikôn	φθῐσῐκῶν phthisikôn	φθῐσῐκῶν phthisikôn
Dative	φθῐσῐκῷ phthisikôi	φθῐσῐκῇ phthisikêi	φθῐσῐκῷ phthisikôi	φθῐσῐκοῖν phthisikoîn	φθῐσῐκαῖν phthisikaîn	φθῐσῐκοῖν phthisikoîn	φθῐσῐκοῖς phthisikoîs	φθῐσῐκαῖς phthisikaîs	φθῐσῐκοῖς phthisikoîs
Accusative	φθῐσῐκόν phthisikón	φθῐσῐκήν phthisikḗn	φθῐσῐκόν phthisikón	φθῐσῐκώ phthisikṓ	φθῐσῐκᾱ́ phthisikā́	φθῐσῐκώ phthisikṓ	φθῐσῐκούς phthisikoús	φθῐσῐκᾱ́ς phthisikā́s	φθῐσῐκᾰ́ phthisiká
Vocative	φθῐσῐκέ phthisiké	φθῐσῐκή phthisikḗ	φθῐσῐκόν phthisikón	φθῐσῐκώ phthisikṓ	φθῐσῐκᾱ́ phthisikā́	φθῐσῐκώ phthisikṓ	φθῐσῐκοί phthisikoí	φθῐσῐκαί phthisikaí	φθῐσῐκᾰ́ phthisiká
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	φθῐσῐκῶς phthisikôs			φθῐσῐκώτερος phthisikṓteros			φθῐσῐκώτᾰτος phthisikṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Latin: phthisicus (see there for further descendants)