δύσπνοια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δύσπνοος (dúspnoos, “short of breath”, adjective) (also δύσπνους (dúspnous) by contraction) +‎ -ῐᾰ (-ia, suffix forming abstract nouns), from δでるたῠσしぐま- (dus-, “bad-, hard-, ill-”) +‎ πνέω (pnéō, “blow, breathe”) +‎ -ος (-os, suffix forming adjectives).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dýs.pnoi̯.a/ → /ˈðys.pny.a/ → /ˈðis.pni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dýs.pnoi̯.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdys.pny.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈðys.pny.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈðys.pny.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈðis.pni.a/

Noun

δでるたῠ́σπνοιᾰ • (dúspnoia) f (genitive δでるたῠσπνοἰᾱς); first declension

1. difficulty breathing, shortness of breath
2. contrary winds

Inflection

First declension of ἡ δでるたῠ́σπνοιᾰ; τたうῆς δでるたῠσπνοίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δでるたῠ́σπνοιᾰ hē dúspnoia	τたうὼ δでるたῠσπνοίᾱ tṑ duspnoíā	αあるふぁἱ δでるたῠ́σπνοιαι hai dúspnoiai
Genitive	τたうῆς δでるたῠσπνοίᾱς tês duspnoíās	τたうοおみくろんῖνにゅー δでるたῠσπνοίαιν toîn duspnoíain	τたうῶνにゅー δでるたῠσπνοιῶνにゅー tôn duspnoiôn
Dative	τたうῇ δでるたῠσπνοίᾳ têi duspnoíāi	τたうοおみくろんῖνにゅー δでるたῠσπνοίαιν toîn duspnoíain	τたうαあるふぁῖς δでるたῠσπνοίαις taîs duspnoíais
Accusative	τたうὴνにゅー δでるたῠ́σπνοιᾰνにゅー tḕn dúspnoian	τたうὼ δでるたῠσπνοίᾱ tṑ duspnoíā	τたうᾱ̀ς δでるたῠσπνοίᾱς tā̀s duspnoíās
Vocative	δでるたῠ́σπνοιᾰ dúspnoia	δでるたῠσπνοίᾱ duspnoíā	δでるたῠ́σπνοιαι dúspnoiai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “δύσπνοια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δύσπνοια”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• δύσπνοια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δύσπνοια in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • breath idem, page 96.
  • breathlessness idem, page 97.
  • gasp idem, page 354.
  • panting idem, page 591.
  • shortness idem, page 769.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δでるたῠ́σπνοιᾰ (dúspnoia).

Noun

δύσπνοια • (dýspnoia) f (plural δύσπνοιες)

1. (medicine) dyspnea, dyspnoea (difficult respiration)

Declension

Declension of δύσπνοια

	singular	plural
nominative	δύσπνοια •	δύσπνοιες •
genitive	δύσπνοιας •	—
accusative	δύσπνοια •	δύσπνοιες •
vocative	δύσπνοια •	δύσπνοιες •