φρενῖτις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φρήν (phrḗn).

Noun

φρενῖτις • (phrenîtis)

1. inflammation of the brain

Derived terms

• φρενῑτικός (phrenītikós)/ φρενητικός (phrenētikós)

Descendants

• → Middle Persian: (calque)
  • Persian: سرسام (sarsâm)
    • → Arabic: سَرْسَام (sarsām)
    • → Ottoman Turkish: سرسم (sersem) (see there for further descendants)

References

• “φρενῖτις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “frantic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• "φρενῖτις" in Greek Texts & Translations of Perseus Project
• http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/greece-xiv