ἀρθρῖτις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Formed as: ἄρθρον (árthron, “joint”) +‎ -ῖτις (-îtis), as if the feminine of *ἀρθρίτης (arthrítēs), though no such form is attested.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ar.tʰrîː.tis/ → /arˈθri.tis/ → /arˈθri.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ar.tʰrîː.tis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /arˈtʰri.tis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /arˈθri.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /arˈθri.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /arˈθri.tis/

Adjective

ἀρθρῖτῐς • (arthrîtis) (genitive ἀρθρῑ́τῐδος) f, third

1. (medicine) disease of or in the joint

Usage notes

• This adjective exists only in the feminine.

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἀρθρῖτῐς; τῆς ἀρθρῑ́τῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀρθρῖτῐς hē arthrîtis	τὼ ἀρθρῑ́τῐδε tṑ arthrī́tide	αἱ ἀρθρῑ́τῐδες hai arthrī́tides
Genitive	τῆς ἀρθρῑ́τῐδος tês arthrī́tidos	τοῖν ἀρθρῑτῐ́δοιν toîn arthrītídoin	τῶν ἀρθρῑτῐ́δων tôn arthrītídōn
Dative	τῇ ἀρθρῑ́τῐδῐ têi arthrī́tidi	τοῖν ἀρθρῑτῐ́δοιν toîn arthrītídoin	ταῖς ἀρθρῑ́τῐσῐ / ἀρθρῑ́τῐσῐν taîs arthrī́tisi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀρθρῑ́τῐδᾰ / ἀρθρῖτῐν tḕn arthrī́tida / arthrîtin	τὼ ἀρθρῑ́τῐδε tṑ arthrī́tide	τᾱ̀ς ἀρθρῑ́τῐδᾰς tā̀s arthrī́tidas
Vocative	ἀρθρῖτῐς arthrîtis	ἀρθρῑ́τῐδε arthrī́tide	ἀρθρῑ́τῐδες arthrī́tides
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• Greek: αρθρίτιδα (arthrítida)
• → Latin: arthrītis
  • English: arthritis

References

• “ἀρθρῖτις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀρθρῖτις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀρθρῖτις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)