λοιμός
See also: λιμός
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editOf unknown etymon. The forms λιμός (limós), λοιγός (loigós) have been considered as possibilities.[1] Compare λύμη (lúmē), λύμα (lúma), λυμαίνομαι (lumaínomai)
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /loi̯.mós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /lyˈmos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /lyˈmos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /lyˈmos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /liˈmos/
Noun
editλοιμός • (loimós) m (genitive λοιμοῦ); second declension
- plague, pestilence, any deadly infectious disorder
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.61:
- ἐννῆμαρ μὲν ἀνὰ στρατὸν ᾤχετο κῆλα θεοῖο, / τῇ δεκάτῃ δ’ ἀγορὴν δὲ καλέσσατο λαὸν Ἀχιλλεύς: / τῷ γὰρ ἐπὶ φρεσὶ θῆκε θεὰ λευκώλενος Ἥρη: / κήδετο γὰρ Δαναῶν, ὅτι ῥα θνήσκοντας ὁρᾶτο. / οἳ δ’ ἐπεὶ οὖν ἤγερθεν ὁμηγερέες τε γένοντο, / τοῖσι δ’ ἀνιστάμενος μετέφη πόδας ὠκὺς Ἀχιλλεύς: / «Ἀτρεΐδη νῦν ἄμμε παλιμπλαγχθέντας ὀΐω / ἂψ ἀπονοστήσειν, εἴ κεν θάνατόν γε φύγοιμεν, / εἰ δὴ ὁμοῦ πόλεμός τε δαμᾷ καὶ λοιμὸς Ἀχαιούς:»
- ennêmar mèn anà stratòn ṓikheto kêla theoîo, / têi dekátēi d’ agorḕn dè kaléssato laòn Akhilleús: / tôi gàr epì phresì thêke theà leukṓlenos Hḗrē: / kḗdeto gàr Danaôn, hóti rha thnḗskontas horâto. / hoì d’ epeì oûn ḗgerthen homēgerées te génonto, / toîsi d’ anistámenos metéphē pódas ōkùs Akhilleús: / «Atreḯdē nûn ámme palimplankhthéntas oḯō / àps aponostḗsein, eí ken thánatón ge phúgoimen, / ei dḕ homoû pólemós te damâi kaì loimòs Akhaioús:»
- For nine days the missiles of the god ranged among the host, / but on the tenth Achilles called the people to assembly, / for the goddess, white-armed Hera, had put it in his heart / since she pitied the Danaans, when she saw them dying. / When they were assembled and gathered together, / among them arose and spoke swift-footed Achilles: / “Son of Atreus, now I think we shall return home, / beaten back again, should we even escape death, / if war and pestilence alike are to ravage the Achaeans.
- English translation (1924) by A.T. Murray.
- Scene: Apollo causes a plague to afflict the Greek army.
- ἐννῆμαρ μὲν ἀνὰ στρατὸν ᾤχετο κῆλα θεοῖο, / τῇ δεκάτῃ δ’ ἀγορὴν δὲ καλέσσατο λαὸν Ἀχιλλεύς: / τῷ γὰρ ἐπὶ φρεσὶ θῆκε θεὰ λευκώλενος Ἥρη: / κήδετο γὰρ Δαναῶν, ὅτι ῥα θνήσκοντας ὁρᾶτο. / οἳ δ’ ἐπεὶ οὖν ἤγερθεν ὁμηγερέες τε γένοντο, / τοῖσι δ’ ἀνιστάμενος μετέφη πόδας ὠκὺς Ἀχιλλεύς: / «Ἀτρεΐδη νῦν ἄμμε παλιμπλαγχθέντας ὀΐω / ἂψ ἀπονοστήσειν, εἴ κεν θάνατόν γε φύγοιμεν, / εἰ δὴ ὁμοῦ πόλεμός τε δαμᾷ καὶ λοιμὸς Ἀχαιούς:»
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.47:
- καὶ ὄντων αὐτῶν οὐ πολλάς πω ἡμέρας ἐν τῇ Ἀττικῇ ἡ νόσος πρῶτον ἤρξατο γενέσθαι τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις, λεγόμενον μὲν καὶ πρότερον πολλαχόσε ἐγκατασκῆψαι καὶ περὶ Λῆμνον καὶ ἐν ἄλλοις χωρίοις, οὐ μέντοι τοσοῦτός γε λοιμὸς οὐδὲ φθορὰ οὕτως ἀνθρώπων οὐδαμοῦ ἐμνημονεύετο γενέσθαι.
- kaì óntōn autôn ou pollás pō hēméras en têi Attikêi hē nósos prôton ḗrxato genésthai toîs Athēnaíois, legómenon mèn kaì próteron pollakhóse enkataskêpsai kaì perì Lêmnon kaì en állois khōríois, ou méntoi tosoûtós ge loimòs oudè phthorà hoútōs anthrṓpōn oudamoû emnēmoneúeto genésthai.
- Not many days after their arrival in Attica the plague first began to show itself among the Athenians. It was said that it had broken out in many places previously in the neighborhood of Lemnos and elsewhere; but a pestilence of such extent and mortality was nowhere remembered.
- English translation: Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War. London, J. M. Dent; New York, E. P. Dutton. 1910
- The "Plague of Athens" occurred in 430 BCE, second year of the Peloponnesian War, causing a breakdown of Athens' strength, probably one of the factors causing its defeat.
- καὶ ὄντων αὐτῶν οὐ πολλάς πω ἡμέρας ἐν τῇ Ἀττικῇ ἡ νόσος πρῶτον ἤρξατο γενέσθαι τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις, λεγόμενον μὲν καὶ πρότερον πολλαχόσε ἐγκατασκῆψαι καὶ περὶ Λῆμνον καὶ ἐν ἄλλοις χωρίοις, οὐ μέντοι τοσοῦτός γε λοιμὸς οὐδὲ φθορὰ οὕτως ἀνθρώπων οὐδαμοῦ ἐμνημονεύετο γενέσθαι.
- (of person) a plague, a pest
- (as adjective) pestilent
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ λοιμός ho loimós |
τὼ λοιμώ tṑ loimṓ |
οἱ λοιμοί hoi loimoí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ λοιμοῦ toû loimoû |
τοῖν λοιμοῖν toîn loimoîn |
τῶν λοιμῶν tôn loimôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ λοιμῷ tôi loimôi |
τοῖν λοιμοῖν toîn loimoîn |
τοῖς λοιμοῖς toîs loimoîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν λοιμόν tòn loimón |
τὼ λοιμώ tṑ loimṓ |
τοὺς λοιμούς toùs loimoús | ||||||||||
Vocative | λοιμέ loimé |
λοιμώ loimṓ |
λοιμοί loimoí | ||||||||||
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Related terms
edit- ἐπιλοίμια (epiloímia)
- λοιμεύομαι (loimeúomai)
- λοίμη (loímē)
- λοιμικός (loimikós)
- λοίμιος (loímios)
- λοιμοποιός (loimopoiós)
- λοιμότης (loimótēs)
- λοιμοφόρος (loimophóros)
- λοιμώδης (loimṓdēs)
- λοιμώσσω (loimṓssō)
- προσπεπιλοιμώττω (prospepiloimṓttō)
Descendants
edit- Greek: λοιμός (loimós)
References
edit- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Further reading
edit- “λοιμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “λοιμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “λοιμός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- λοιμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- λοιμός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- G3061 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- contagion idem, page 166.
- disease idem, page 232.
- epidemic idem, page 279.
- infectious disease idem, page 437.
- murrain idem, page 547.
- pest idem, page 609.
- pestilence idem, page 609.
- plague idem, page 616.
- scourge idem, page 741.
- sickness idem, page 772.
Greek
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Ancient Greek λοιμός (loimós).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editλοιμός • (loimós) m (plural λοιμοί)
- (medicine) epidemic, plague
- Ο Περικλής πέθανε στον «Λοιμό των Αθηνών», που το 430 σκότωσε πάνω από 75.000 Αθηναίους.
- O Periklís péthane ston «Loimó ton Athinón», pou to 430 skótose páno apó 75.000 Athinaíous.
- Pericles died during the Plague of Athens in 430 (BCE) which took the lives of more than 75,000 Athenians.
- και στο κατώφλι πρόβαινε, σα χάρος, σα λοιμός,
ψηλός, ωραίος κι αλαζών, ο δύστροπος πατέρας- kai sto katófli próvaine, sa cháros, sa loimós,
psilós, oraíos ki alazón, o dýstropos patéras - and on the threshold he appeared, looking like death, looking like plague
tall, beautiful and arrogant, the twisted-tempered father.
- Yiannis Ritsos, (1935) poetry collection Πυραμίδες (Pyramídes, “Pyramids”), "Explanation"
- kai sto katófli próvaine, sa cháros, sa loimós,
Declension
editDeclension of λοιμός
Related terms
edit- λοιμοκαθαρτήριο n (loimokathartírio, “quarantine”)
- λοίμωξη f (loímoxi, “infection”)
- λοιμώδης (loimódis, “infectious”)
- ουρολοίμωξη f (ouroloímoxi)
Further reading
edit- λοιμός on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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