ἀσκίτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀσκός (askós, “wineskin; paunch, belly”) +‎ -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /as.kǐː.tɛːs/ → /asˈci.tis/ → /asˈci.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /as.kǐː.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /asˈki.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /asˈci.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /asˈci.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /asˈci.tis/

Noun

ἀσκῑ́της • (askī́tēs) m (genitive ἀσκῑ́του); first declension

1. (pathology) Dropsy, ascites.
2. Patient suffering from ascites.

Inflection

First declension of ὁ ἀσκῑ́της; τοῦ ἀσκῑ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀσκῑ́της ho askī́tēs	τὼ ἀσκῑ́τᾱ tṑ askī́tā	οἱ ἀσκῖται hoi askîtai
Genitive	τοῦ ἀσκῑ́του toû askī́tou	τοῖν ἀσκῑ́ταιν toîn askī́tain	τῶν ἀσκῑτῶν tôn askītôn
Dative	τῷ ἀσκῑ́τῃ tôi askī́tēi	τοῖν ἀσκῑ́ταιν toîn askī́tain	τοῖς ἀσκῑ́ταις toîs askī́tais
Accusative	τὸν ἀσκῑ́την tòn askī́tēn	τὼ ἀσκῑ́τᾱ tṑ askī́tā	τοὺς ἀσκῑ́τᾱς toùs askī́tās
Vocative	ἀσκῖτᾰ askîta	ἀσκῑ́τᾱ askī́tā	ἀσκῖται askîtai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: ascītēs
• → English: ascites

References

• “ἀσκίτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press