γάγγραινα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • γάγραινα (gágraina)

Etymology

In antiquity it was compared with γράω (gráō, “to devour”) but this is incorrect. It is most probably a Pre-Greek word.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

γάγγραινᾰ • (gángraina) f (genitive γαγγραίνης); first declension

  1. (pathology) gangrene

Inflection
First declension of ἡ γάγγραινᾰ; τῆς γαγγραίνης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ γάγγραινᾰ
hē gángraina		 τὼ γαγγραίνᾱ
tṑ gangraínā		 αἱ γάγγραιναι
hai gángrainai
Genitive τῆς γαγγραίνης
tês gangraínēs		 τοῖν γαγγραίναιν
toîn gangraínain		 τῶν γαγγραινῶν
tôn gangrainôn
Dative τῇ γαγγραίνῃ
têi gangraínēi		 τοῖν γαγγραίναιν
toîn gangraínain		 ταῖς γαγγραίναις
taîs gangraínais
Accusative τὴν γάγγραινᾰν
tḕn gángrainan		 τὼ γαγγραίνᾱ
tṑ gangraínā		 τᾱ̀ς γαγγραίνᾱς
tā̀s gangraínās
Vocative γάγγραινᾰ
gángraina		 γαγγραίνᾱ
gangraínā		 γάγγραιναι
gángrainai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • γαγγραινικός (gangrainikós)
  • γαγγραινόομαι (gangrainóomai)
  • γαγγραινώδης (gangrainṓdēs)
  • γαγγραίνωμα (gangraínōma)
  • γαγγραίνωσις (gangraínōsis)

Descendants

Further reading

Greek

Noun

γάγγραινα • (gángraina) f (uncountable)

  1. gangrene

Declension
  γάγγραινα
case     \     number singular
nominative γάγγραινα •
genitive γάγγραινας •
accusative γάγγραινα •
vocative γάγγραινα •

Further reading
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