atrophia

English

Noun

atrophia (usually uncountable, plural atrophias)

1. Archaic form of atrophy.

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: atrophias, atrophiât

Verb

atrophia

1. third-person singular past historic of atrophier

Interlingua

Noun

atrophia (uncountable)

1. atrophy

Related terms

• atrophic

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀτροφίᾱ (atrophíā).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈtro.pʰi.a/, [äˈt̪rɔpʰiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈtro.fi.a/, [äˈt̪rɔːfiä]

Noun

atrophia f (genitive atrophiae); first declension

1. (Late) atrophy (wasting consumption)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	atrophia	atrophiae
Genitive	atrophiae	atrophiārum
Dative	atrophiae	atrophiīs
Accusative	atrophiam	atrophiās
Ablative	atrophiā	atrophiīs
Vocative	atrophia	atrophiae

Related terms

• atrophus

Descendants

Descendants

• Catalan: atròfia
• → Czech: atrofie
• → Dutch: atrofie
• → English: atrophy
• → Finnish: atrofia
• French: atrophie
• → German: Atrophie
• Italian: atrofia
• → Polish: atrofia
• Portuguese: atrofia
• Romanian: atrofie
• Spanish: atrofia

References

• “atrophia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• atrophia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.