Ancient Greek edit

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Etymology edit

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

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νόσημᾰ (nósēman (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. (figurative)
    • 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.

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  • Latin: nosēma

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