"νόσος" meaning in Ancient Greek

See νόσος in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /nó.sos/, /ˈno.sos/, /ˈno.sos/, /nó.sos/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈno.sos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈno.sos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈno.sos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈno.sos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Of uncertain origin. Willi's derivation from a putative Proto-Indo-European *n-h₁osu-o-s (“not good”), from *n̥- (“not, un-”) + a u-stem of the o-grade of *h₁es- (“to be”), and subsequent comparison of Hittite 𒀀𒀸𒋗𒍑 (a-aš-šu-uš, “good”), suffers from phonological irregularities. Etymology templates: {{unc|grc|nocap=1}} uncertain, {{der|grc|ine-pro||*n-h₁osu-o-s|t=not good}} Proto-Indo-European *n-h₁osu-o-s (“not good”), {{cog|hit|𒀀𒀸𒋗𒍑|t=good|tr=a-aš-šu-uš}} Hittite 𒀀𒀸𒋗𒍑 (a-aš-šu-uš, “good”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|νόσου|f|second}} νόσος • (nósos) f (genitive νόσου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|νόσος|ου|form=F}} Forms: nósos [romanization], νόσου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ἡ νόσος [nominative, singular], νόσω [dual, nominative], αἱ νόσοι [nominative, plural], τῆς νόσου [genitive, singular], νόσοιν [dual, genitive], νόσων [genitive, plural], τῇ νόσῳ [dative, singular], νόσοιν [dative, dual], ταῖς νόσοις [dative, plural], τὴν νόσον [accusative, singular], νόσω [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς νόσους [accusative, plural], νόσε [singular, vocative], νόσω [dual, vocative], νόσοι [plural, vocative], νοῦσος [alternative, Epic, Ionic]
  1. sickness, disease, illness
    Sense id: en-νόσος-grc-noun-q1e2Riqr Categories (other): Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension: 12 25 18 19 25
  2. plague
    Sense id: en-νόσος-grc-noun-KvPexLJp Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 9 26 19 20 26 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension: 12 25 18 19 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 7 25 20 21 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 25 20 21 27
  3. misery, suffering, distress
    Sense id: en-νόσος-grc-noun-bOJl1cwx Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 9 26 19 20 26 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension: 12 25 18 19 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 7 25 20 21 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 25 20 21 27
  4. madness, vice
    Sense id: en-νόσος-grc-noun-lVYBqmBQ Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 9 26 19 20 26 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension: 12 25 18 19 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 7 25 20 21 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 25 20 21 27
  5. bane
    Sense id: en-νόσος-grc-noun-D9RBvw5l Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 9 26 19 20 26 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension: 12 25 18 19 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 7 25 20 21 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 25 20 21 27

Inflected forms

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            "1": "en",
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            "bor": "yes"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: noso-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: noso-"
    },
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      "templates": [
        {
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            "1": "el",
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          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Greek: νόσος (nósos)"
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      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*n-h₁osu-o-s",
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hit",
        "2": "𒀀𒀸𒋗𒍑",
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      },
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      "form": "nósos",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νόσου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
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      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
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        "nominative"
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    {
      "form": "αἱ νόσοι",
      "roman": "hai nósoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "τῆς νόσου",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ νόσῳ",
      "roman": "têi nósōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νόσοιν",
      "roman": "nósoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς νόσοις",
      "roman": "taîs nósois",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν νόσον",
      "roman": "tḕn nóson",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νόσω",
      "roman": "nósō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς νόσους",
      "roman": "tā̀s nósous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νόσε",
      "roman": "nóse",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νόσω",
      "roman": "nósō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νόσοι",
      "roman": "nósoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νοῦσος",
      "roman": "noûsos",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Epic",
        "Ionic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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        }
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        "sickness, disease, illness"
      ],
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        ]
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        },
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          "_dis": "7 25 20 21 27",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "kind": "other",
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        "misery, suffering, distress"
      ],
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          "misery",
          "misery"
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          "distress"
        ]
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      "categories": [
        {
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          "kind": "other",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "madness, vice"
      ],
      "id": "en-νόσος-grc-noun-lVYBqmBQ",
      "links": [
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          "madness",
          "madness"
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          "vice",
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    },
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      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
      "id": "en-νόσος-grc-noun-D9RBvw5l",
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nó.sos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈno.sos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈno.sos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nó.sos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈno.sos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈno.sos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈno.sos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈno.sos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "νόσος"
}
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    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension",
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    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek terms with unknown etymologies",
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          "expansion": "→ English: noso-",
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      ],
      "text": "→ English: noso-"
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        {
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      "text": "Greek: νόσος (nósos)"
    }
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νόσου",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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        "table-tags"
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    {
      "form": "ἡ νόσος",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
      ]
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    {
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    {
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "τῆς νόσου",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νόσοιν",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "genitive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "νόσων",
      "roman": "nósōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ νόσῳ",
      "roman": "têi nósōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νόσοιν",
      "roman": "nósoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς νόσοις",
      "roman": "taîs nósois",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν νόσον",
      "roman": "tḕn nóson",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νόσω",
      "roman": "nósō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς νόσους",
      "roman": "tā̀s nósous",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νόσε",
      "roman": "nóse",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νόσω",
      "roman": "nósō",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νόσοι",
      "roman": "nósoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νοῦσος",
      "roman": "noûsos",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Epic",
        "Ionic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "νόσου",
        "2": "f",
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      "name": "grc-noun"
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  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "sickness, disease, illness"
      ],
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          "sickness",
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        ],
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          "disease",
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      ]
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      "links": [
        [
          "plague",
          "plague"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "misery, suffering, distress"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "misery",
          "misery"
        ],
        [
          "suffering",
          "suffering"
        ],
        [
          "distress",
          "distress"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "madness, vice"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "madness",
          "madness"
        ],
        [
          "vice",
          "vice"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bane"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bane",
          "bane"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nó.sos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈno.sos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈno.sos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nó.sos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈno.sos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈno.sos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈno.sos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈno.sos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "νόσος"
}

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